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Lekan Abiola, one of the children of the late Moshood Kashimawo, MKO, Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, elections, yesterday, disclosed that former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), has apologised to the family for invalidating the polls.Lekan said this at the MKO Abiola Memorial Symposium and preparations for the launch of a book, \u2018MKO Abiola Symbol of Democracy,\u2019 held in Lagos under the aegis of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, KIND.<\/p>\n
He also urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure the Federal Government pays all outstanding entitlements owed to his father, saying past administrations had failed to do so.<\/p>\n
Addressing newsmen, the late politician\u2019s son said the public apology tendered by Babangida came as a relief to the family because it ended all controversies surrounding the winner of June 12.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe returned from the United States of America, we have met IBB and he has apologised privately to us. When he came out publicly to say that he was sorry for annulling the election and that MKO won the election, he did what he had done privately in public. Every year, he always sends someone to come and represent him here on the June 12 occasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore now, for the private apology, there was nothing we could do about that. It is as though someone punched you in public and said sorry in private. For him to come out publicly to admit that MKO did win the election, makes us feel at ease publicly. This is because some people are always saying: \u2018Are we even sure he won the election?\u2019 But now, he (Babangida) has released the full results. Officially, it is now known that MKO won the election, and that is no longer a controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the author of the book, Dr. Layo Adeniyi, said: \u201cThe book is about 440 pages. I can tell you there is nothing you want to know about Abiola you won\u2019t find there. And particularly the situation now in the country as far as security is concerned, and above it all, disunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe book is all about Abiola. I trace his roots, background and business growth. I also talk about his beginning in politics, which started with the defunct National Convention of Nigerian Citizens, NCNC. And above it all, he sojourned in the National Party of Nigeria, NPN, before the last dispensation. But the most important reason why I think it was very necessary to tell the story is that no election in Nigeria had ever been so free and fair.\u201d Vanguard<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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