Seventeen years after the murder of the acclaimed winner of Nigeria’s 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, activists gathered at his residence in Lagos on Tuesday to commemorate his death.
Chief Abiola died mysteriously on July 7, 1998. Many believe he was killed, but the military government later claimed he had died of cardiac arrest.
The activists were led by Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, the President of Women Arise, and they praised his legacy, which they described as “indelible”.
They were hosted by children of the late businessman and politician, including Hafsat Abiola-Costello and Abdulmumuni Abiola. Also at the commemoration were some Nollywood professionals such as Kunle Mak-Tokunbo also known as Dejo Tunfulu, and Ayo Bahdmus.
A pro-democracy activist, Comrade Femi Aborisade ,said leaders of successive Governments in Nigeria who have failed to implement Abiola’s Hope '93 ampaign manifesto were all culpable in his murder and the hope he represented.
