Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, said if not for individuals with ‘bad belle’ meaning jealousy, the late philanthropist, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola would have become Nigerian President after the June 12, 1993 presidential election he presumably won.
Obasanjo, said this during a speech at the Centenary Celebrations of Baptist Boys’ High School (BBHS) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The comment comes a few weeks to the 2023 general elections.
Recalling, after the annulment of the election, Abiola was detained and later died in 1998.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2018 confirmed Abiola as the winner of the June 12, 1993 election and apologised on behalf of the Federal Government to his family, the Yoruba race and the entire nation.
