seunmsg:


The beating he received and the long term imprisonment he endured is what led to the democracy you are now enjoying. Today, Abacha is looked down upon as a despot while MKO is celebrated as the hero of democracy. In years to come, June 12 will continue to be celebrated as democracy day by generations yet to be born in as much as Nigeria is still in existence while Abacha’s despotic memory will fade away. Truly, the evil/good that men does live after them.

So in ur mind... Abiola would gladly say he lived a good life while on earth?

GBOKASINCHA:
yeah their descendants are now buying up your entire lands building mansions and turning ur ancestral graves into suckaways for their freshly brewed biafran feaces...

chai!! see uper cut! guy you wicked i swear!!

TANTUMERGO007:

How come we didn't see the statement baba issued, and how come Buhari still idolizes a man that killed Abiola??

Abacha died on 8th June 1998 while aAbiola died a month later on 7th July 1998. So in your foolishness Abacha came back from the dead to kill Abiola?

i don't no why yorubas are too desperate to becoming preside,even at the cost of their own life and that of their tribes men....from awolow,abiola and now tinubu,,even in the spate of insecurity(fulani herdsmen) in the south west, tinubu have choosen to remain silent,just bcus of his ambition of becoming president in 2023..

spite.

AnanseK:


Abacha died on 8th June 1998 while aAbiola died a month later on 7th July 1998. So in your foolishness Abacha came back from the dead to kill Abiola?

please educate me,who was the millitary head of state then? abacha or ibb? what was the role of ibb then,between ibb and abacha who became head of state first? i am getting confuse,abacha ordered the arrest of mko,then who is ibb during abachas regime?

GBOKASINCHA:
yeah their descendants are now buying up your entire lands building mansions and turning ur ancestral graves into suckaways for their freshly brewed biafran feaces...

Ignorant man of the year, see stranger contribute 40 to 50% to every town all over the world is no a new thing you do this or you do that is story mumu get sense for once tenant is tenant whether you like it or not. pls see your people again.

This Abacha self would a been a better President than this coconut head Buhari

Youngadvocate:
Like or hate him, one thing is sure about Abacha...he's brave, straight up, disciplined, intelligent, smart and decisive.

He's the definition of a REAL MAN...one who does damage and own it, who threatens and lives up to the billing...not like the old thing in Aso Rock that blames everyone (even the dead and the gods) except himself.

if not that the gods plastered Abacha's conscience with craze for corruption and quantum looting, he would have been the Best President in the history of Nigeria.

And if buhari deal decisively with you people now, you will go to the market and start shouting dictator upandan

seunmsg:


The beating he received and the long term imprisonment he endured is what led to the democracy you are now enjoying. Today, Abacha is looked down upon as a despot while MKO is celebrated as the hero of democracy. In years to come, June 12 will continue to be celebrated as democracy day by generations yet to be born in as much as Nigeria is still in existence while Abacha’s despotic memory will fade away. Truly, the evil/good that men does live after them.

nice post. You are blessed, can't be better said

Which democracy? You call buhari regime a democratic? Disobedience to court order, Islamization of Nigeria?
Closing down media house. Is that ur definition of democracy? Guy or girl. Come to America and see democracy and a true separation of powers at work.



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The beating he received and the long term imprisonment he endured is what led to the democracy you are now enjoying. Today, Abacha is looked down upon as a despot while MKO is celebrated as the hero of democracy. In years to come, June 12 will continue to be celebrated as democracy day by generations yet to be born in as much as Nigeria is still in existence while Abacha’s despotic memory will fade away. Truly, the evil/good that men does live after them. [/quote]

TANTUMERGO007:

How come we didn't see the statement baba issued, and how come Buhari still idolizes a man that killed Abiola??

Mumu....Abacha died before Abiola, no wonder the guy said you need to be educated, use the time you wasted posting rubbish on NL to do some reading ok! You guys need to do away with this your sentimetal approach to issues at times, can't you be objective for once?

when is buhari going to honour his hero GSA

Buhari should rename unilag to sani abacha university joor, he should honour his hero

seunmsg:


The beating he received and the long term imprisonment he endured is what led to the democracy you are now enjoying. Today, Abacha is looked down upon as a despot while MKO is celebrated as the hero of democracy. In years to come, June 12 will continue to be celebrated as democracy day by generations yet to be born in as much as Nigeria is still in existence while Abacha’s despotic memory will fade away. Truly, the evil/good that men does live after them.

Is anybody enjoying this democracy? I mean besides the politicians and their hangers on?

Earthquake3:

You are serving the very people that jailed Abacha
Is that not legendary slavery?

sorry was abacha jailed , or u mean abiola here ?

seunmsg:




Folks like you are poor students of history and it is our responsibility to continue to educate you. After the annulment in 1993, General Buhari was among the very few northern elites that spoke out against the annulment. He issued a statement that was widely publicized then calling on IBB to complete the announcement of the result and hand over to the winner.

That he later served as the chairman of PTF in the interest of Nigeria doesn’t invalidate the fact that he spoke against the annulment of MKO’s election.

See history rewrite to try and explain his servitude to the man that supported and applauded the man that killed his beloved Abiola. Who did this to you?

splendour7:
please educate me,who was the millitary head of state then? abacha or ibb? what was the role of ibb then,between ibb and abacha who became head of state first? i am getting confuse,abacha ordered the arrest of mko,then who is ibb during abachas regime?

In summary- IBB took over Government from Buhari in 1985 and ruled as Miltary President for 8 years. Abacha was IBB’s Chief Of staff although Aikhomu was the second in command. In 1993 IBB arranged a return to civilian governance through political party election ( two party system SDP and NRC) . Abiola won the election under SDP. The election was cancelled by IBB. Then IBB resigned ( stepped aside ) and appointed a civilian interim government under Earnest Shonekan. The Shonekan Government was supposed to be transitional and was to organize a democratic election within 6 months. Shonekan’s interim government was very unpopular as it was not elected. Abacha who was the leading military officer at the time sacked Shoken and his government and took over as full military head of state. Avila and many Nigerians continued to agitate for Abiola’s mandate as the legitimate elected president. Finally Abiola declared himself President of Nigeria and was promptly arrested and jailed by Abacha the Military head of state. Remember that all this time IBB was in retirement at his home in Minna. No IBB again. On the 8th of June 1998 Abacha died mysteriously. There a need to appoint a new president. The military met hurriedly and appointed Abdussalami Abubakar as Head os State. Just one month after Abdussalami’s takeover he arranged for the release of Abiola and OBJ from prison ( remember that OBJ was also In prison courtesy Abacha - but that is another story). Abiola was released in the presence of international organizations with a high level American Government delegation to witness the event. This was now July 1998, as the ceremony for Abiola’s release was starting he (Abila) collapsed right there in front of the international delegation ( apparently after he drank a cup of tea). He died. Abdussalam Abubakar ruled the country for 9 months and then organized a democratic election. OBJ who was now a rehabilitated Ex prisoner was fielded by PDP as Presidential candite. He won the 1999 election and was sworn in as President on May 29 th 1999. I hope you have the time to read this very brief account of the events.

Abacha the habalis

Youngadvocate:
Like or hate him, one thing is sure about Abacha...he's brave, straight up, disciplined, intelligent, smart and decisive.

He's the definition of a REAL MAN...one who does damage and own it, who threatens and lives up to the billing...not like the old thing in Aso Rock that blames everyone (even the dead and the gods) except himself.

if not that the gods plastered Abacha's conscience with craze for corruption and quantum looting, he would have been the Best President in the history of Nigeria.

This adjective is not means for Abacha hope u know that? For someone that killed with passion, someone that embezelled his adopted country home to the brim

Abacha remains a hero to Coneheads. As far as they are concerned,Igbos are to blame

noble2faith:
Those who were not born before June 12, 1993, may not know what is all about. For record purposes, June 12, 1993, was the day Nigerians from the East, West, North and rose voice, in amity, in unity, in concord and tandem to elect Chief M.K.O as the president of Nigeria. But on 21st June 1993 the former military president, retired General Ibrahim Babangida annulled the historic election and set Nigeria on the path of crisis, leading to many deaths including the winner and the wife , Kudrirat Abiola.

In my book, Heroes of Democracy (1999) the struggle for the revalidation of that mandate and the consequences was documented for posterity and generations yet unborn. Today I want to talk about the historical importance of that election, the pains, the sacrifices, the losses and the lessons.

Recall that the consummate winner of that historic election, a Yoruba first class leader, a Chartered Accountant of note, an international scholar, and a very successful businessman was hounded and incarcerated for five years and was eventually poisoned on July 7, 1998. The wife, Kudirat Abiola was shot in Lagos on June 4, 1996. It was a calculated attempt and carefully planned work to provoke the Yoruba to war in order to destroy the economy Lagos but did Yorubas play into their hands? NO! A lot of high profile Yoruba leaders including the late Chief Abraham Adesanya, the late Chief Bola Ige, Ayo Adebanjo, late Olaniwun Ajayi, Ayo Opadokun and others were incarcerated, some like Suliat Adedeji, Admiral Omotosho , Admiral Elegbede, Toyin Onagoruwa etc were killed. Former president OBASANJO was sent to jail for an alleged phantom coup.

Great minds like Professor Wole Soyinka, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kayode Fayemi and many others were chased into exile .Yoruba leaders were abused, humiliated and ridiculed but did they resort to self-determination, abuse, hatred and ethnic bigotry? No! with pen and paper, and with common sense, sound education and civilization they faced those who planned to decimate them. No wonder the presidency was zoned to them in 1999 even though they did not allow them to use their choice, Chief Olu Falae. The powers that be chose Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. That singular mistake almost made Nigeria to lose almost everything in 16 years of PDP. Obasanjo was not prepared for leadership. He just came out from prison with no agenda, no plans, no strategy.

Then came the late Umaru Yar Adua who died in office and then Jonathan and in those 16 years Nigeria, many including this writer still talk about it as the years of the locusts. Now the questions people like us have been asking is whether Nigeria would have been where it is today had Chief Abiola been allowed to rule Nigeria at least for 8 years? Abiola would have brought to bear his cognate and very deep experience in the business world to transform Nigeria. Chief Abiola would have set the template for a prosperous Nigeria, he would have brought the hope he promised Nigerians, he would utilized our oil revenue to transform Nigeria as a Chartered Accountant and he would have changed for the better Nigeria's course of history.

Denying Chief Abiola his mandate caused Nigeria a great and monumental setback in 18 years .Today 24 years after, the annulment of that mandate is still haunting Nigeria.

What happened from June 12, 1993, to July 7, 1998, provoked the Yoruba nation to hate other Nigerians especially the Hausa- Fulani and Igbo for decimating a free mandate given to their illustrious son and killing him thereafter. But did the Yoruba go to war? Today southwest is the richest zone in Nigeria. In fact, the IGR of Ogun state is bigger than that of the entire South East States. Lagos IGR is bigger than that of 33 states in Nigeria put together. If Yoruba had gone to war where would they have been today? What would have happened if Igbo or Hausa-Fulani had suffered what Yoruba went through? I have no doubt in my mind that they would have gone to war but see what tact, common sense, education, intelligence, civilization and power of critical thinking can do in the life of a wise people. The same Yoruba was later to form an alliance with Hausa – Fulani in 2014 to box Igbo and their collaborators in the South South to a corner in 2015 general elections.

Now, what are the lessons? There are no permanent foes or friends in politics. If you can wait and not tired of waiting the world and everything in it belong to you. Chief Abiola would have given up his mandate and still be alive but he chose the path of human dignity to liberate his people. Chief Abiola's supreme sacrifice gave rise to May 29 we now celebrate as Democracy Day. I do not know any Nigerian multi-billionaire today who will do what Chief Abiola did yet other people think Yorubas are cowards. Perish the thought. They are the toughest and most advanced Nigerians I know today.

Today, is South West not better than those who seek to humiliate and destroy them? Those who seek to destroy and decimate others suffer more than their victims. June 12 lives on. Chief M.K.O Abiola lives on.

By Joe Igbokwe, Lagos

I just hope these god-forsaken lost jews can learn from this write-up from their tribesman.


http://saharareporters.com/2017/06/11/june-12-1993-and-lessons-history-joe-igbokwe

Sorry sir but the writer of this article lacks sense.

In your own widest dream do u think Lagos will be Lagos without Igbos? Yes Igbos went to war and lost everything like you feared but Igbos today are the richest more than yorubas that feared the war...

Oya, never try rewrite history wey them born then know what we know.

The only God thing about Abacha was that he wasn't a religious or tribalistic man. He didn't give a damm about where you came from.... He smarches who ever gets in his way.

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In summary- IBB took over Government from Buhari in 1985 and ruled as Miltary President for 8 years. Abacha was IBB’s Chief Of staff although Aikhomu was the second in command. In 1993 IBB arranged a return to civilian governance through political party election ( two party system SDP and NRC) . Abiola won the election under SDP. The election was cancelled by IBB. Then IBB resigned ( stepped aside ) and appointed a civilian interim government under Earnest Shonekan. The Shonekan Government was supposed to be transitional and was to organize a democratic election within 6 months. Shonekan’s interim government was very unpopular as it was not elected. Abacha who was the leading military officer at the time sacked Shoken and his government and took over as full military head of state. Avila and many Nigerians continued to agitate for Abiola’s mandate as the legitimate elected president. Finally Abiola declared himself President of Nigeria and was promptly arrested and ja

Earthquake3:
What kind of lie is this?

Oga, what he meant was that in 1983 in this country, usage of the internet was not as popular or as widespread, as it is now.

There was no GSM network in Nigeria, there was poor data transmission due to the analogue network infrastructure, while newspapers only existed in print form, without digital or online versions.

Only very few institutions had access to computers in Nigeria. Members of the public had little access to such computers, and fewer still had any access to the internet.

Can you compare use of the internet in 1983, to internet usage today in 2019, among the citizens of Nigeria?

Ikechu12:
See history rewrite to try and explain his servitude to the man that supported and applauded the man that killed his beloved Abiola. Who did this to you?

Abiola died under Abdulsalam Abubakar's regime.

That was Military Dictatorship. We are now in a Democracy.

millionboi2:
hmmmm

Meaning he reapd what he soard

Exactly.

General Sanni Abacha the BEST head of state Nigeria ever had. I will like Abacha to rule Again.

alsudan:
Abacha really showed the Afonja coward Shege

sense is very far from this mummy. I wonder if you were even born then. indomie generation talking nonsense.

Omoluabi16:
Continue to rot in hell abacha.Thinking he was immortal.So merciless you killed many people without a thought, only to die shamefully. June 8, 1998. Nigeria rejoiced!
Nigeria is still on her knees though

actually it was June 7th 1998

seunmsg:




Folks like you are poor students of history and it is our responsibility to continue to educate you. After the annulment in 1993, General Buhari was among the very few northern elites that spoke out against the annulment. He issued a statement that was widely publicized then calling on IBB to complete the announcement of the result and hand over to the winner.

That he later served as the chairman of PTF in the interest of Nigeria doesn’t invalidate the fact that he spoke against the annulment of MKO’s election.

Oh no,y are u arguing with 2000's born child ,they are just saying the rubbish and posinous part and lies their elders told them ...they were not born then...pls take note