MKO Abiola; IBB has apologised to family about annulment of June 12, 199...

Tundun Abiola, the daughter of the late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, has disclosed that former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, has apologised for annulling that election.

While speaking on Channels Television on Sunday, June 10, 2018, Tundun, a lawyer, said that Babangida has privately apologised to the family for his role in the controversial incident which eventually led to Abiola's death. After Abiola refused to give up his mandate, he was imprisoned in 1994 where he died in custody under suspicious circumstances on July 7, 1998, four years after his arrest.

According to Tundun, Babangida admitted that he annulled the election because his life was threatened by certain people in the military who didn't want Abiola to become president.

She said, "Regarding IBB, he has actually apologised to the family. IBB has said in public but stopped short of apologising in public, that his life was threatened. He was afraid for his life.

"He was told by certain factors that, 'Abiola must never become Commander-in-Chief of this country. We will kill him and we will kill you'. So, he was afraid; he has actually admitted to that publicly.

"He did not want to die, so he annulled the election. It does display the way the military perceived those they were ruling over. The entire country was in support of this man (MKO Abiola), but the military was like 'We will not allow MKO.' Who are you to say you'll not allow when millions of Nigerians have spoken?"

When asked why she thinks Babangida has not publicly apologised for his role in the annulment, Tundun said he must be finding it hard to humble himself.

"Ego. It's difficult to humble yourself. A whole IBB, the evil genius, Maradona, to be sort of remorseful. Even for him to publicly admit fear with all of that legend around his person must have been difficult for him to do. He regrets it," she said.

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