Falana, Soyinka, others vow to unravel how Abiola died
Posted by FN Editor | 5 years ago | 1,444 times
Leading pro-democracy activists and elder statesmen, yesterday, vowed to unravel how late Chief MKO Abiola died in government detention 21 years ago and get the perpetrators punished.
They also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to pursue populist policies and respect the rule of law.
The activists, including Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (retd); Mr. Femi Falana, SAN; Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, and Alhaji Jamiu Abiola, spoke at a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the death of Abiola, organised by Women Arise for Change Initiative at MKO Abiola’s graveside in Ikeja.
Chief Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential poll, died in government custody on July 7, 1998 while fighting for the restoration of his mandate.
The President Buhari-led government has named the Abuja National Stadium after Abiola and made June 12 Democracy Day.
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