Please this thread should be closed. Let's stop dignifying a man that joined the other military mafians (IBB, Abacha, Buhari etc) to put us in the condition we are today. He sponsored several coups and as usual Hausa-Fulani promised him presidency after they have destroyed Nigeria, yet God used his best friends to deal with him.

Today some narrow minded people are calling him messiah, matyr & all that. But How?
It beats my imagination how people turn to saints within a twinkle of an eye in Nigeria. Today Abiola is saint, Tinubu is saint, Amaechi is saint, El Rufai too & a host of others. Let's stop deceiving ourselves, Abiola was overcorrupt, criminal, greedy, selfish, despotic, high-handed, wicked, evil, bigot & I guess nemesis caught over on him thus he reaped the fruit of his labour. I rest my case!

mshd5:
Sentiment at its peak, why hating gud man in d name f tribalism. Even if u av nt given birth 2 during d period ur father is a beneficial 2 his wealth.

This is why people like you are and will continue to be myopic.

Seriously I didn't read, just opend n comment

lagcity: Kai, I remember June 12 riots. I went to buy puff puff, I came back with tear gas in my koro koro eyes. I was just 7!

This world is wicked oo. Now that I think about it, I can faintly remember some of my adult neighbors sitting around the TV and sending me to go buy puff puff in the thick of riots. haba, small pikin fa! Sango will punish all of them for doing that to a kid .

Sorry Bros I feel ur pain.

Bigcake: MORAL LESSON ; no two Mandelas can be in one continent. Nigeria is not south Africa.

Itumo? Nunsense.

Billyonaire: MKO was not perfect. He was not a saviour~ Fela knew him better and sang some hymns about this man. Today, we call him martyr cos we did not know the man. He was the reason Nigeria is where it is today. IBB might be an evil genius, but Nigeria is better today, than it would have been if she was pocketed by the political billionaire called MKO. Who sponsored many coupe detat and sinked millions of copies of bibles in the Atlantic Ocean just to stall Christianism.

MKO was a very good and a very bad man. He was not to be~

Oponu, where is your evidence? Since wey I don know you, your talk no dey plumb at all.

Who remembers this song, ' e mana Babangida soro gbaa oso Abiola, Abacha soro gbaa oso Abiola, Ndi army nile soro gbaa oso Abiola, Ndi igbo nile soro gbaa oso Abiola, oooooo!

Bigcake: MORAL LESSON ; no two Mandelas can be in one continent. Nigeria is not south Africa.

I think you need to read the interview again, he did not say he was Mandela neither was he comparing himself with Mandela, he only mentioned those names of people in Africa who have been imprisoned and still came out alive.

Hmm! Nigerians, rumour and falsehood.

mikeoh: MKO got. wht he deserves.....nothin special about him soo far cos he sponsord soo many coup in Nigeria
...truncatd d governmnt of shahu shagari,brought buhari to power,also sponsord IBB...he thought.the.militry were his friends dat was y he was confident.wen he was arrestd..
for me he was responsible for the long military rule in Nigeria.Buhari,IBB,Abacha are all his products...he conieved with Abacha to overthrown the interim government of shoniko

fubbyy: I was 5 years old in 1993 so I didn't know much and all I have red about the incident keep confusing me cause I red different things and my dad told me different thing also

It seems like you are knowledgeable about this abiola history, please answer this question

According to the history it was ibb that was in power then when abiola won the election, and he(ibb) was the same person that got abiola arrested,abiola was in prison when ibb handed his office to shenikon and abiola was also in prison when abacha took over, so how did abiola whom was in prison plotted against shenikon for abacha to take over according to what you said

@ mikeoh pls answer the question

Pita99: He was great man...thank u MKO Abiola !!! we appreciate what u did for this Country...This world needs more people like u

He was very very very far from a great man. Go and check the truth. He was one of the main persons that put Nigeria in a mess for the last 50 years

Bigcake: MORAL LESSON ; no two Mandelas can be in one continent. Nigeria is not south Africa.

GBAM!! True tal.

nijanigga:
Because of cowards like you.

exactly!.

Pita99: He was great man...thank u MKO Abiola !!! we appreciate what u did for this Country...This world needs more people like u

Borda plz keep sentiments apart and go and do research about Abiola u will regret making this comment and vow dat Nigeria should not have him again.

M.K.O the most popular and richest man in africa then after mandela....

Abiola was arrested
after he declared himself the lawful
president of Nigeria. This order came
from military President General Sani
Abacha, who sent 200 police vehicles to
bring him into custody.
Moshood Abiola was detained for four
years, he died under suspicious
circumstances on the day that he was due
to be released, on July 7, 1998.
IBB and Abiola wher friends but thy soon.fell out during the election time frame for some reasons knwn to IBB,ibb was forced to step asside for an interime govervnmnt to take over...shoniko was at that tim preparin d ground for a new election date to be fixed befor Abacha came in nd hijack power with gun....the insider workin was.mko cos he left d country after the anulmnt nd leta return back...wen he found out that a year has passd june 12 to june 20 nd Abacha was not ready to give up power nd was not sayin anytin on dat he declard him self presidnt nd went hidin but was leta arestd june 23
.Abacha gave hm uption to denounce his claim but he refuse..even wen the delegation frm the US visitd wit same option he refusd mind u Abacha never.wntd him dead
it was d delegatiob frm us dat kild him
if dis is helpful click lik

Mkpotu: Someone that committed a Treasonable Felony should not be allowed to walk the streets, hence the punishhment meted out to him by the then Govt of Fed Rep of Nigeria.

How can he declare himself the President, after the Head of State has annulled the election. The option available to him would have been to approach the court to determine the validity or otherwise of the annullment and all that.

Anyway, just remembered Asiwaju Tinubu is gradually toeing the same line of MKO, we will all be there when they start crying like a child that the mother denied from drinking Golden mourn conflakes.

A word is enough for a wise.

Ogbeni go and sit down.MKO go to court against the military men?are they(military) not the one that will dictate for the presiding juror?

I've asked question here and no1 answered , maybe none of you know the answer, I have another question which is

The june 12 riot, was it because of the election annulment or because of his arrest? The article I red yesterday about the riot, his doctor said people started the riot when abiola died, but abiola died in 98 and the riot was in 93

Infact this whole story is confusing, its high time we forget about this whole drama

adenitemi: I have an audio recording of that conversation. It still beats my understanding why Abiola was that cheerful!

BBC And you are happy to go to the police and await whatever charges they are going to file against you?
MKO: I am not in any way disturbed by it. Any sacrifice is in order. If it will bring democracy, peace and posterity to Nigeria...

RIP

This is not ABIOLA last interview, I can remember then in July 1998,when abiola was interviewed on the way of his release, I can recollect that, I saw his interview on MITV then.... We then heard his death 3 days after



My question is, why US killed Abiola?

Bigcake: MORAL LESSON ; no two Mandelas can be in one continent. Nigeria is not south Africa.

COWARD!!!

Bigcake: MORAL LESSON ; no two Mandelas can be in one continent. Nigeria is not south Africa.

I have come across 2 different comments by Bigcake within the last 10mins.

MORAL LESSON: Bigcake is a destructive cynical irritant.

Vancouverplus:

You sure a Mad man. Stupid BLACK fool

THE EDITOR NOTE SAYS ABIOLA HAS NEVER SEEN IN PUBLIC AGAIN, AND NOW U ARE CALLING SOMEONE STUPID, YOU ARE THE ONE STUPID BLACK FOOL WHERE IS HE NOW, THE THREE MILLION COPIES OF BIBLE HE SUNK INTO THE SEA HUNTED HIM AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLION COPIES OF BIBLE IN NIGERIA NOW.

HE THAT FIGHT WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD WILL FIND HIMSELF FIGHT WITH THE LORD AND DESTRUCTION WILL COME UPON THAT PERSON, GOD PAID HIM WHAT HE DESERVED.

adenitemi: I have an audio recording of that conversation. It still beats my understanding why Abiola was that cheerful!

Can you put up the recording here. I would like to listen to it.

Nemesis caught up wit him. The evil he did lived wit him, killed him n buried wit him. The law of kamma did not spear him. HE was d architet of his misfortunes.

Its june 13 already, enough of this stale news.

Let the truth be told Abiola was Never destine to Rule this country,he was too into the military,he participated in the overtrow of the shagari regime and subsequent other coups..*nd worst stil.the Muslim Muslim ticket.

fubbyy: I've asked question here and no1 answered , maybe none of you know the answer, I have another question which is

The june 12 riot, was it because of the election annulment or because of his arrest? The article I red yesterday about the riot, his doctor said people started the riot when abiola died, but abiola died in 98 and the riot was in 93

Infact this whole story is confusing, its high time we forget about this whole drama

u are a poor studnt of history...ask google

Abiola was a confused rich man who stole his way to the top. I am very surprised that some empty headed people are trying to remember this criminal who was part of the people that stole our collective wealth with the same military that killed him. The same fate awaits Dangote, Otedola, Jimoh Ibrahim and Tinubu.

Moshood Abiola sprang to national and international prominence as a result of his philanthropic activities. The Congressional Black Caucus of the United States of America issued the following tribute to Moshood Abiola:

"Because of this man, there is both cause for hope and certainty that the agony and protests of those who suffer injustice shall give way to peace and human dignity. The children of the world shall know the great work of this extraordinary leader and his fervent mission to right wrong, to do justice, and to serve mankind. The enemies which imperil the future of generations to come: poverty, ignorance, disease, hunger, and racism have each seen effects of the valiant work of Chief Abiola. Through him and others like him, never again will freedom rest in the domain of the few. We, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus salute him this day as a hero in the global pursuit to preserve the history and the legacy of the African diaspora"