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Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by Oluwamarc(m): 5:21am On Apr 12, 2021
Barely 28 years after, former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday lamented the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election, presumably won by the late philanthropist, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. He blamed the cancellation on “bad belle”.

The election, adjudged to be most peaceful, credible and fair, was annulled by the military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.

Obasanjo said the annulment robbed Egbaland and Ogun State the rare privilege of having three of its prominent sons occupying the number one leadership position in the country at different times.

The elder statesman, who was referring to former Head of Interim National Government(ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan, himself, who governed the country first as a military Head of State and a civilian president, apparently noted that Abiola would have become the third, if the 1993 presidential poll was not annulled.

He spoke yesterday in Abeokuta after his investiture as a trustee of the Abeokuta Club, a socio-cultural organisation of Egba people of Ogun State, where Tokunbo Odebunmi, an engineer, is the president.

Obasanjo was honoured alongside the late Abiola, who was awarded a posthumous vice-patron of the club.

The former president, who noted that Abiola was his schoolmate at the Baptist Boys High School (BBHS) Abeokuta, said the late politician richly deserved the award bestowed on him by the Abeokuta Club.

Obasanjo said: “When Abeokuta Club was in the process of being birthed, things in Abeokuta were not as rosy as they are today. And the sons of Abeokuta, who were in Lagos, put their heads together in late Chief Sobo Sowemimo’s residence to think of what they could do to improve the development of Abeokuta as a city. I pay tributes to all those founding members, those who have departed this world and those who are still here.

“I want to thank the club for this honour being bestowed on me and the honour being bestowed on my school mate, MKO Abiola, which he richly deserved.

“Kabiyesi, the Alake (of Egbaland) alluded to it. Normally, when you win a cup three times, you keep that cup. Isn’t it? If not for bad belle, Abeokuta would have produced President of Nigeria three times, in which case, we should have kept it permanently.

“But be that as it may, we have a great heritage. And we should be proud of our heritage. On this note, I will say on this occasion, I thank the President, the patron and grand patron, members of Board of Trustees, the executive. I want to say this, I will continue to contribute my quota to the development and growth of this club and by extension, the development and growth of Abeokuta, of Ogun State, of Nigeria, of African and indeed the of world in whichever way I could.”

Also, Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, while presenting the plague to Obasanjo, described Obasanjo and MKO Abiola as proud sons of Abeokuta.

He added that some “bad blood” didn’t allow Abiola to emerge President of Nigeria.

https://thenationonlineng.net/why-ibb-annulled-abiolas-june-12-1993-victory-by-obasanjo/

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by Oluwamarc(m): 5:21am On Apr 12, 2021
Oluwa, give us our daily bread

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by JaeSoon: 5:54am On Apr 12, 2021
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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by orikoku: 5:57am On Apr 12, 2021
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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by Seniorwriter(m): 6:06am On Apr 12, 2021
Nonsense......Bad belle how? That's a fucking premeditated process used to lure & kill MKO back then knowing his clout and position as an A list CIA agent....Obasanjo is one of the old lots that keep misleading the next generation with coated lies....that's how gullible Nigerians were made to believe that it was apple that killed Abacha howbeit he was actually assassinated with a premedidated plan in a collaborative manner that saw the emergence of ABDULSALAMI then a handover to same Obasanjo to mum the intuitive reasoning of his people towards unraveling the truth.
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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by Streetpresident: 6:21am On Apr 12, 2021
Baba don't twist history.

What's the difference between the brutal lords &
the neo colonialists.... here is my assessment of
govt. since 1999.

Nigeria's only woe is leadership.

OBJ: The genesis of the present day Nigeria.
Power monger, pretended to fight corruption but
always after his political foes. He forgot his
prison experience. Had he gotten it right in 1999,
Nigerians wouldn't be deported by Ghana &
Gabon, SA won't dare look us in the face &
Nigerians won't be in the current mess. Initiated the process for sales of national assets to political cronies. Paid $16billion for darkness. Guilty
27%

Yar'Adua: Initiated some reforms, covered up
ibori & others corruption cases. Reversed sales of national assets to political cronies of his predecessor. At least dreamt & saw vision 20-20-20. Guilty 3%


GEJ: Misused opportunity, chop I chop govt.
Look away while the country was being pillaged
by his many babes. Didn't believe in any vision.
Tried to please the north at the detriment of the
south but was betrayed, deceived, used &
dumped. Guilty 10%


PMB: Grandmaster of corruption, only forensic
audit can reveal the trillions stolen under his
watch. Promised heavens brought hells. Runs a
borrow borrow govt. that can borrow from a day
old baby. Destroyed vision 20-20-20. His vision
was that of lekki on the 20-10-20. Divider in
Chief (DiC), One chance President who divided
the country like no other. Kidnapping, banditry &
terrorism businesses boom during his reign.
Always indifferent to public outcry, arrests
anyone who protests his bad leadership style but
protested against GEJ. Baba go slow, took half a
year to pick his kitchen cabinet. Guilty 60%

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by SpecialAdviser(m): 6:22am On Apr 12, 2021
Abiola was a sectional and nepotic politician just like Buhari. It will always be a disaster to have such character as a president.

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by mountmoriah(m): 7:06am On Apr 12, 2021
SpecialAdviser:
Abiola was a sectional and nepotic politician just like Buhari. It will always be a disaster to have such character as a president.

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by helinues: 7:11am On Apr 12, 2021
And those Bad belle are still on it against 2023..

Even though they are not interested in the race but are ready to sabotage others

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by Gandollaar(f): 7:35am On Apr 12, 2021
helinues:
And those Bad belle are still on it against 2023..

Even though they are not interested in the race but are ready to sabotage others
And by the grace of God, the bad Belle that stopped Abiola will also stop you when it matters most to you.

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by explorer250(m): 7:37am On Apr 12, 2021
what a messed up country. nothing suprises me again in this country.
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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by Ojiofor: 7:48am On Apr 12, 2021
If Abiola had become president both OBJ and Shonekan wouldn't have been president.

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by tishbite41(m): 7:56am On Apr 12, 2021
Obasanjo, na wa o

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by lonecatt(m): 8:21am On Apr 12, 2021
If Nigeria was a sane country IBB should be paying heavily for the foundational rot he laid in Nigeria, incidentally obasanjo who is talking is among .

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by aremuforlife(m): 8:22am On Apr 12, 2021
Baba Is among the bad belle, he was the president for good eight years and he did not recognize June 12 or the winner of the annulled election, it took the courage of a fulani man to immortalized June 12 and MKO.

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by Esanboy111(m): 8:22am On Apr 12, 2021
grin see them chief betrayals

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by oluseyiforjesus(m): 8:22am On Apr 12, 2021
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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by 1SharpX: 8:23am On Apr 12, 2021
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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by jhydebaba(m): 8:23am On Apr 12, 2021
Baba don old oh, if Abiola were to be President then Shonekan wont have benefitted the interim position. Whatever way Baba look at it, na only 2 president go still come out of egabland grin

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by KingOdart(m): 8:24am On Apr 12, 2021
Obasanjo and diarrhea of the mouth

Can Obasanjo swear he didn't have any bad belle before he became president?

Abiola was murdered because he was not Northern elites ass kisser unlike you.

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by yusluvad(m): 8:24am On Apr 12, 2021
Yea
Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by sammysmiles(m): 8:24am On Apr 12, 2021
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it..

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Re: Obasanjo: Bad Belle Stopped Abiola From Becoming President by fredoooooo: 8:25am On Apr 12, 2021
Alabosi nìyí in sir.

"Abiola is not the messiah Nigeria needed " .... Obasanjo in Harare 1993

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