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Hmmmm...

MKO, a man of the people...

The Nigerian "President" that never was...

RIP

selemempe:
like we almost missed a great president in buhari abi? Abiola was a divisive figure bro 4get the hype

still your myopic opinion is still irrelevant as the "c" in fvck

oyetunder:
babes? So he was expecting babes to perform well among adults.

Popular names in football.

**** Rovers, ***** United, ****Town, ***** Babes, Real *****, ***** Nationale, ****** Internationale, etc.

Examples of "Babes".

Busby Babes (nickname of a great Manchester United side)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busby_Babes

Adebajo Babes (nickname of Stationery Stores)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationery_Stores_F.C.

Aminu Babes.
https://m.facebook.com/aminubabes/


And if you think that Abiola Babes did not do well, then it's obvious that you did not see them play in the 1980s (especially their epic Challenge Cup matches against Leventis United).

belshazzar:
still your myopic opinion is still irrelevant as the "c" in fvck

its not tribalism nor partisan opinion...i believe his kinsman obj is still nigeria's most patriotic president...i wasnt in any party in 1993 either...abiola hated igbos and showed it openly...just like tinubu is doing nw...or will u too say tinubu is not currently showing open disdain for igbos?

After 25 yrs someone will call tinubu best president we never had

We played Esperance in Tunisia. We had evidence that some of my boys took bribe to concede that match. Only to find. . .we got to the airport, Alitalia flight was cancelled because of strike. I had to pay in foreign exchange. In those days, the whole team and the supporters to London to connect back to Lagos in hard currency.

E don tey when bad people dey operate for Nigeria.

technicallyrich:
Mko abiola is inconsequential.
He is only a hero to yoruba muslims.
How did he even die.is he the one that actually drank the rat posion or awolowo.
Sometimes the both confuse me.
I dont know which one is awolowo or abiola.
Dont blame me for that since i am from the ss/se region and we dont care or no them here.
Anyway nce hype.but it still wont make me respect him.

the question you and your ilks should be asking is if any of your relatives has even 0000000000.1% of fame,wealth,glory,connections, awards,honors, businesses abiola had? Who cares anything anyone from your side cares about him? For the records,nobody takes any opinion from you and your kinsmen seriously. What have you even achieved in your deluded life to be hating someone that was once the richest man in africa? Your sickness gets no cure boy. You were born to hate Yoruba & Hausa/fulani naturally and the whole Nigeria knows that so you're the inconsequential element in the whole context. Ode omo...

naptu2:
Popular names in football.

**** Rovers, ***** United, ****Town, ***** Babes, Real *****, ***** Nationale, ****** Internationale, etc.

Examples of "Babes".

Busby Babes (nickname of a great Manchester United side)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busby_Babes

Adebajo Babes (nickname of Stationery Stores)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationery_Stores_F.C.

Aminu Babes.
https://m.facebook.com/aminubabes/


And if you think that Abiola Babes did not do well, then it's obvious that you did not see them play in the 1980s (especially their epic Challenge Cup matches against Leventis United).

Why wasting time on an indomie-generation kid?

Oga Naptu, thank you so much for this visit from the ghost of MKO, the colossus who once walked this planet, turning all he touched into gold.

Love him, or loathe him, MKO Abiola was one-of-a-kind, and a man of great rarity that is seldom seen twice during the span of a entire generation.

Rest in Peace, Baba Kola, Baba Deji, Baba Agboola. Your legacy is forever, just as are the memories of your many proverbs and humorous stories that so many gathered to hear at your Toyin Street residence in Ikeja.

I just downloaded both of the above videos, so I can turn back the hands of time now and then, to hear once again, the words of MKO, almost as though he still strides among us, even as this green planet rolls on relentlessly along its orbital axis, like the ebb and flow of the ocean tides, into the future.

Gazzy88:
the question you and your ilks should be asking is if any of your relatives has even 0000000000.1% of fame,wealth,glory,connections, awards,honors, businesses abiola had? Who cares anything anyone from your side cares about him? For the records,nobody takes any opinion from you and your kinsmen seriously. What have you even achieved in your deluded life to be hating someone that was once the richest man in africa? Your sickness gets no cure boy. You were born to hate Yoruba & Hausa/fulani naturally and the whole Nigeria knows that so you're the inconsequential element in the whole context. Ode omo...

You gave him joy quoting. That was what he wanted. You should have ignored him. He wanted a situation his shallow minded fellows would turn the thread to religious and tribal bashing. That was why he used the word YORUBA\MUSLIM.

belshazzar:
what's always wrong with you 2000 kids lot eh, you lot annoy me

You cant blame those kids you know...
those old foools caused it, collecting bribe to concede goals after lot of incentives and motivations, they are still the ones running the affairs of our society up till now, so what do you expect?

It saddened my mind that Abiola had to disband the team due to corruption.

Thanks Op for the nice write up.

If this post were to be that of Tonto Dike, BBN naija etc there would not have been complain of long write up.

mctfopt:
I watched the whole video. Man was passionate in making things excellent. Nigeria missed a great president. Someone capable of turning around the country. My heart bleeds!

He sure had his flaws & quirks, but mehn!, this man's mind was very sharp, analytical, insightful and filled with wisdom. And he was frank & candid. Says it the way it's.
Nigeria missed ohhh!
It's a great miss
On the march again!
On the march again!
MKO!, is our man ohhh

naptu2:
In the early 1990s I watched an interview that Chief MKO Abiola gave. It was shown on Lagos Television. In that interview he explained why he disbanded Abiola Babes. Abiola Babes was one of the two millionaire teams in Nigerian club football in the 1980s.

I have often used that interview to explain to Nairalanders who often complain that wealthy Nigerians like Dangote do not own/run football clubs that it is not easy to own a Nigerian football club. People like Chief Abiola, John Mastourodes (Leventis United), Chief Iwuanyanwu (Iwuanyanwu Nationale), Chief Oscar Udoji (Udoji United), Chief Adewale Teluwo (VIP, Obanta), etc. have tried it and gotten bad experiences.


I still can’t find a video of the interview I watched, but Chief Abiola relayed the same story when he was interviewed by former Nigerian captain, Chief Segun Odegbami (MON). Here is a video of the interview.

Chief Abiola mentioned some people and places in the interview and some might not know what he was referring to, so I’ve explained what they are.

Minister P.C. Achebe = Chief Philip Onuora Chikaodili (P.O.C.) Achebe, a two-time secretary general of the NFA and I think he also served as minister of sports.

Havelange = Joao Havelange who was the president of FIFA at the time.

Dakar = The Confederation of African Football (CAF) awarded Chief Abiola its gold merit award in recognition of his contributions to African football. The award was presented at the CAF General Assembly in Dakar in 1992 (during the 1992 African Nations Cup).

Challenge Cup = The Nigerian FA cup was previously known as the Challenge Cup.

Group Captain Obakpolor = Group Captain John Obakpolor was the NFA chairman in 1987/1988.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktsLFv7XsZs

Chief MKO, hmmmm, God rest his soul.

He did very well at Lokeren in Belgium and scored a lot of goals for them, but his time in Belgium came to an abrupt end when he was accused of raping a girl. Many Nigerians immediately believed the accusation because of Esin’s past behavioural problems, but Esin insisted that he was innocent.



..... Media hypnotism has been eating deep into us from a very long time. We believe anything.

Montanasnr:
Are we supposed to read all this?

no! life na choice....

He may have had his flaws but he was definitely passionate about sport and perhaps, could have been a great president.

A great president Nigeria never really had.

Chief has really made great sacrifice for the sport development as a whole in Africa.
The sport administrator are one of the people that need to get better organize .
My emphasis was on the unspoken part of the report by MKO about his ordeal with arm robbers in his way .
The true of the matter was that MKO was a powerful man . The Are of Yoruba land .
He disarmed the armed robber on three occasions with powerful African magical power .
Be wise

selemempe:
its not tribalism nor partisan opinion...i believe his kinsman obj is still nigeria's most patriotic president...i wasnt in any party in 1993 either...abiola hated igbos and showed it openly...just like tinubu is doing nw...or will u too say tinubu is not currently showing open disdain for igbos?

After 25 yrs someone will call tinubu best president we never had

How does Tinubu and Abiola hate Igbo? You Igbos have come with your pull him down politics of hate.

Yes and Nigeria honoured him As He Say ONE DAY , NIGERIA WILL HONOUR him
Corruption don dey since.with all the support form this man
May his soul rest in peace
MKO
The man that for change this Nigeria for good
But now we are fighting on corruption,bandit,rraping,economic growth,security... religious matter,
Chaiiii niaja Na curse
I'm sure those that sweat and work,hustle and die for Nigeria have tag some curse on us
After all you go hear say snake swallow money inside place wey one flower no dey
Budget for misplace
Nigeria we need deliverance

You can't but love MKO.....

According to his father...Asiwere lo pe ara e no fourmand(foreman)...
Only a fool calls himself a fourman(foreman)....

His father wasn't aware the four was fore...

Americanboy35:
AMEN AND ME TOO

Amen thank you.

Tribalism will take us to nowhere

What a read!

U are as useless as your father ojukwu... I wonder why adamu didn't sell your papa the condom when he was about to mate your Igbo mother that actually gave birth to a waste product like you

U are as useless as your father ojukwu... I wonder why adamu didn't sell your papa the condom when he was about to mate your Igbo mother that actually gave birth to a waste product like you

selemempe:
its not tribalism nor partisan opinion...i believe his kinsman obj is still nigeria's most patriotic president...i wasnt in any party in 1993 either...abiola hated igbos and showed it openly...just like tinubu is doing nw...or will u too say tinubu is not currently showing open disdain for igbos?

After 25 yrs someone will call tinubu best president we never had

Obviously you don't know what you are talking about. Like everyone of the other tribe hated igbo. Then why did the Igbo voted for him in 1993 just like other tribes from all parts of Nigeria. Tell me who else has got that kind of supporr across every parts of Nigeria. Don't compare Abiola with Tinubu. We all know Tinubu is an opportunist. Abiola supported people irrespective of tribe. If I may ask, what's your age because apparently you are probably too young to comment on this topic.

Nigerian fiotball league of the 80s and 90s was quite popular. Now people of your generation are all focus on the premier league.

ajl:
Obviously you don't know what you are talking about. Like everyone of the other tribe hated igbo. Then why did the Igbo voted for him in 1993 just like other tribes from all parts of Nigeria. Tell me who else has got that kind of supporr across every parts of Nigeria. Don't compare Abiola with Tinubu. We all know Tinubu is an opportunist. Abiola supported people irrespective of tribe. If I may ask, what's your age because apparently you are probably too young to comment on this topic.

Nigerian fiotball league of the 80s and 90s was quite popular. Now people of your generation are all focus on the premier league.

i am old enough to comment on this topic and governance is not about football...the reason abiola was widely voted was because of the popularity of sdp campaigns....plus the fact that tofa wasnt even known in the north....he had no pedigree. If abiola ran against ekwueme, it would have been a very close race

They are tribalize the thread