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Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by jarawa: 6:05am On Jun 13, 2020
The Abiola family in Abeokuta, Ogun State yesterday demanded an official recognition of late Chief M.K.O Abiola as a former president of Nigeria. The head of the family, Chief Olanrewaju Abiola, made the demand on President Muhammadu Buhari at the family house in Abeokuta. What The late M.K.O Abiola was believed to have won the June 12, 1993 presidential elections. Abiola said the recognition had become necessary for Nigerian leaders to rule in peace.

He commended Buhari for conferring a posthumus highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on late Abiola and recognising June 12 as Nigeria’s authentic Democracy Day.

He urged the president to actualise the mandate that Nigerians gave to his late junior brother, Moshood, on June 12, 1993, by conferring an official status of an ex-president of the nation on him. Abiola also demanded that all the entitlements that should have accrued to his late brother from 1993 to date should be fully paid to the family. He called on Buhari to liaise with the National Assembly to debate the issue and subsequently pass it as a law.

“On June 12, last year when I spoke with the president, he said he had given him the honour, but we want it in black and white. Let the members of the National Assembly debate it and pass it into law. “Moshood was the bread winner of the family and since his death, the family members have been suffering,” he said. (NAN)

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/family-urges-fg-to-recognize-abiola-as-ex-president.html

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by ademasta(m): 6:06am On Jun 13, 2020
undecided

Observation mode

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by HornyTave: 6:10am On Jun 13, 2020
Last time I checked, The federal government is not a charity organisation.
He might have won the election but he wasn't sworn in, meaning he wasn't a president.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by helinues: 6:12am On Jun 13, 2020
How?

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by jidamsel43(m): 6:14am On Jun 13, 2020
truthfully, M K O Abiola deserved to be recognized as former President of Nigeria.

If Abacha , with his brutality and authoritarianism , can be regarded as former Nigerian leader . There is nothing wrong for Abiola to have the same treatment.

Moreover , Abiola has been honoured with highest recognition in Nigeria which is only awarded to President and former president ( GCFR)

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Tissaia(f): 6:15am On Jun 13, 2020
IPOB this is Nigeria issue pls don't derail the thread

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Nobody: 6:16am On Jun 13, 2020
I dont think fg will agree

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by PureGoldh(m): 6:18am On Jun 13, 2020
Issoryt....make I no talk wetin dey my mind first

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by EzzyCarter: 6:20am On Jun 13, 2020
Ex president or Ex convict? cheesy He won the election but unfortunately, he didn't even smell Aso Rock grin

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by illicit(m): 6:22am On Jun 13, 2020
“Moshood was the bread winner of the family and since his death, the family members have been suffering,” he said. (NAN)


yen yen yen....

So non of the family members can win bread since that time....

Dey wine yourself there

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Adonko(m): 6:24am On Jun 13, 2020
HornyTave:
Last time I checked, The federal government is not a charity organisation.
He might have won the election but he wasn't sworn in, meaning he wasn't a president.
No beef..this is the simple truth. You were not sworn in,in any nations of the world it takes swearing in to be a president of that nation and that did not happen to Abiola.

The FG have already declared a day for you guyz and tagged it as Democracy day, even though we know the actual Democracy day is May 29, so pls don't push it.

If you are given a hand shake don't take an arm shake.

That's how you guyz will wake up tomorrow and say Nigeria/Nigerians should just install his son as the president without election as a way to honour Abiola ..imagine who does that, enough of Abiola issue is high time we face important issues bothering the living.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by daddytime(m): 6:24am On Jun 13, 2020
No be only ex-President, na ex Pressman.

He was a coupist, and a chief coup sponsorer who got played by his fellow goons.

They simply used and dumped him as usual, and as karma is want to do.

Na one of him coup sponsoring beneficiaries dey in power now dem no even send am and him memory.

Tinubu own dey come. They were even magnanimous enough to have allowed MKO contest but were very quick to realize their mistake hence the sharp sharp annulment when it dawned on them. But this present oga? Him no go even smell the ruling party primaries.

They can conveniently and confidently turn history on it's head to deceive kids born from 1998 upwards, not agbalagbas like us wey listen to plenty " pellow Naijeriyans" with transistor radios.

Was it not just yesterday we read how his son Jamiu opined that his father had the same vision and programs as this present government?

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by dropurluv(m): 6:28am On Jun 13, 2020
what use will that be, let the old man rest, stop using his memory to your individuals selfish ambitions

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by miniziter(m): 6:38am On Jun 13, 2020
If I were to be one of the children, I would rather work towards becoming the said president rather than telling FG to give title to the dead. But who knows may be the children are his blood because I don't trust those most elite wives.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by seunlayi(m): 6:38am On Jun 13, 2020
In the late 80's to early 90's, I never fancied this MKO until around 92 when I began to evaluate his effort and gestures towards others, I came to realised he was not just a generous man but a true lover of others. Therefore I have no choice that to support his presidential ambition as demonstrated by the vote of others who also belived in him and my single vote which was actually the last time I voted. This man was denied his right by the Ibb junta after he aborted the rolling out official compilation of the result in the face of a overwhelming win by MKO..... It was actually a daylight robbery that ignited the hidden anger in majority of Nigerians..... I was almost becoming a casualty when a tear gas narrowly miss my head in ibadan.
....... Only for someone who was never a supporter of MKO from the onset, probably one of those that gave support to the annulment (OBJ) was last later scripted to become the overall beneficiary of the June 12 struggles.....
Southwest states in the beginning of this 4th Republic gave due recognition to June 12 but OBJ refused...... Until Jonathan came up..... Now pmb did better on that but I still belived nothing stop Nigeria from recognising MKO as an ex president.... He truly died for the sake of Nigeria and for Nigerians. And let me add, only the name of MKO will be mostly remembered for centuries when the future generations begin to discuss what happened in Nigeria between 1980—1999. Leave it or take it, forget his ills, that singular act made him an Hero than other Awo, Zik, Balewa, etc.

Rest in peace MKO

I pray that the daylight robbery going on in Nigeria will stop soon :

Coup plotters are more recognised than those that work their way to the top,

Illegally rich people oppressing the middle class who work legally,

Thief becoming owner and owner getting punished,...

God heal your land

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by gambia(m): 6:39am On Jun 13, 2020
Please allow the dead man to rest, so after naming him Ex president, the same people will tell FG to start paying his pension as well undecided

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by daddytime(m): 6:39am On Jun 13, 2020
No be only ex-President.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by ddippset(m): 6:39am On Jun 13, 2020
Unfortunately for Abiola, that title must always be succeeded by the word "-elect."

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by 111sunshine: 6:40am On Jun 13, 2020
funny
Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Nobody: 6:40am On Jun 13, 2020
jarawa:


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/family-urges-fg-to-recognize-abiola-as-ex-president.html


Abiola was never a president in Nigeria

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Adonko(m): 6:40am On Jun 13, 2020
jidamsel43:
truthfully, M K O Abiola deserved to be recognized as former President of Nigeria.

If Abacha , with his brutality and authoritarianism , can be regarded as former Nigerian leader . There is nothing wrong for Abiola to have the same treatment.

Moreover , Abiola has been honoured with highest recognition in Nigeria which is only awarded to President and former president ( GCFR)
Am simply quoting you cos of the bolded cos there is no truth in what you are saying, the fact that a child was the most intelligent student in a particular class is not a necessary/sufficient condition to promote him to another level if he did not sit for the promotional exam is unheard-of.

In saner climes, he was not supposed to be honored with the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), but we let that slide for Peace sake. So weather Abacha was bad, brutal or whatever the truth here is that he was once a president and that cannot be swept under the carpet even at death. So including this in your write up was very unnecessary.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by freeDR(m): 6:41am On Jun 13, 2020
Alaseju, Baba Alasete. Mtcheew.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by alsudaes1(m): 6:41am On Jun 13, 2020
Someone that was never sworn in as President?

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by olu77(m): 6:41am On Jun 13, 2020
They should just remove Abacha and insert him. My only concern is Abacha might get angry and stop sending us the money he saved for us.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Factfinder1(m): 6:41am On Jun 13, 2020
Nonsense...we can't recognise him because he never took any oath of office not ever assumed that office

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Beraphiu(m): 6:42am On Jun 13, 2020
The family want to use the opportunity to get some benefits from FG

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by Openbusiness: 6:42am On Jun 13, 2020
I'm just here to read the comments.

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Re: Abiola's Family Urges FG To Recognize Him As Ex-President by arantess: 6:42am On Jun 13, 2020
Was he sworn in? How many presidents came for his swearing in ceremony? Will international community recognize him as president?
His running mate will be vice president too abi

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