Here are twelve important facts you
need to know about this date.




1. The date is celebrated in honour
of an annulled presidential election in
June 12, 1993.

Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale
Abiola, often referred to as M. K. O.
Abiola, ran for the presidency in
1993, and is widely regarded as the
presumed winner of the inconclusive
election since no official final results
were announced till date.




2. The election was annulled
by Ibrahim Babangida, because of
alleged evidence that they were
corrupt and unfair, a development
that ushered in a political crisis that
led to General Sani Abacha seizing
power later that year.




3. In 1994, Abiola declared himself
the lawful president of Nigeria in the
Epetedo area of Lagos island, an
area mainly dominated by Lagos
Indigenes, after he returned from a
trip to solicit the support of the
international community for his
mandate. After declaring himself
president he was declared wanted
and was accused of treason and
arrested on the orders of military
President General Sani Abacha, who
sent 200 police vehicles to bring him
into custody.



4. Moshood Abiola was detained for
four years, largely in solitary
confinement with a Bible, Qur’an, and
fourteen guards as companions.




5. Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua is
said to have predicted the annulment
to Abiola and warned him against
contesting.

6. Abiola’s involvement in politics
started at a young age. He was 19-
years-old when he joined the
National Council of Nigeria and the
Cameroons (NCNC) in 1979.



7. For the June 12, 1993 presidential
elections, Abiola’s running mate was
Baba Gana Kingibe. He
overwhelmingly defeated his rival,
Bashir Tofa of the National
Republican Convention.



8. Abiola died on July 7, 1998 on the
day he was due to be released from
incarceration under suspicious
circumstances shortly after the death
of General Abacha. The official
autopsy stated that Abiola died of
natural causes, but Abacha’s chief
security officer, Al-Mustapha alleged
he was beaten to death.






9. MKO Abiola used a ‘Hope’
campaign which President Barrack
Obama also used.
Moshood Abiola’s Hope ’93 pol

Many people may have paid attention
to the word ‘Hope’ being used to
convey a message of possibility
during Obama’s 2008 election in
America, but 15 years before then in
Africa’s most populous nation, MKO
Abiola became a rallying figure for
many Nigerians with his ‘Hope’
campaign.




10. MKO Abiola died for the June 12
mandate but he was not the only
June 12 casualty as General Sani
Abacha also died in mysterious
circumstances on June 8, 1998.



11. Chief MKO Abiola’s memory is
celebrated in Nigeria and
internationally. June 12, remains a
public holiday in Lagos and Ogun
states and other All progressive
Congress party states. MKO Abiola
Stadium was named in his honour.




12. The election was declared
Nigeria’s freest and fairest
presidential election by national and
international observers, with Abiola
even winning in his Northern
opponent’s home state.



https://www.naij.com/459738-12-facts-you-need-to-know-about-m-k-o-abiola-and-june-12.html

Hmmm

MKO abiola is a coward -obj 2019

iaamxavier:
MKO abiola is a coward -obj 2019

The thing above is a fo.ol

Kashimawo

princesweetman2:

The thing above is a fo.ol

and a bastar.dd also