Nigeria: June 12 - the Ghost That Refuses to Be Exorcised

12 June 2017

Would the socio-economic and political fortunes of Nigeria have been better if late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, had been allowed to assume power?

Answers to this question are diverse and perhaps academic but a host of pro-democracy activists and leaders believe that if Abiola had been allowed to implement his 10-point "Farewell to poverty" programme, the country will not be swimming in avalanche of problems that are at the verge of dismembering her.

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