The former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd) has finally admitted that, Late MKO Abiola was the true winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential election
He also went further to accept full responsibility for the annulment of the poll.
Ibrahim Babangida, the former military president, expressed that he wanted MKO Abiola to lead an interim government following the annulment of the 1993 presidential election; however, Abiola declined the offer.
IBB wrote in ‘his Book A Journey in Service’,“At one of my several meetings with Abiola, arranged this time by some traditional leaders, I offered Abiola an interim position pending when we could resolve the situation. Not surprisingly, Abiola turned down my offer.
“How could anyone blame him? Since he was convinced that he had won the elections that the annulment had denied him, it seemed overtly inappropriate to accept an interim arrangement. For him, it was a matter of once bitten, twice shy!
“At another meeting, this time a more private meeting of both families, I articulated that our lives were in danger of being snuffed out by lurking forces that wished both of us ill.
“Unfortunately, Abiola turned his back on rapprochement with me and embraced the gimmicks of deceitful ‘friends’ who hid their real intentions from him. I read somewhere, I believe, in one of Abiola’s newspapers that Abiola thought that the moment these ‘friends’ overthrew me, the elections would be de-annulled and that he would be installed as President by his ‘coup plotting friends.
“As it turned out, Abiola was advised by these same ‘friends’ to leave the country to avoid death threats from fictitious military elements. Abiola’s departure paved the way for his ‘friends’ to consolidate their conspiratorial positions, eventually leading to another military takeover.”
Truth be told, Could it be a time ticking to end!
The Results of the 1993 presidential elections as detailed in IBB’s Book.
Abuja (FCT)
Tofa 18,313
Abiola 19,968
Abia
Tofa 151,227
Abiola 105,273
Adamawa
Tofa 167,239
Abiola 140,875
Akwa Ibom
Tofa 199,342
Abiola 214,787
Anambra
Tofa 159,258
Abiola 212,024
Bauchi
Tofa 524,836
Abiola 339,339
Benue
Tofa 186,302
Abiola 264,830
Borno
Tofa 128,684
Abiola 153,496
Cross River
Tofa 153,452
Abiola 189,303
Delta
Tofa 145,001
Abiola 327,277
Edo
Tofa 103,572
Abiola 205,407
Enugu
Tofa 284,050
Abiola 263,101
Imo
Tofa 195,836
Abiola 159,350
Jigawa
Tofa 89,836
Abiola 138,552
Kaduna
Tofa 356,860
Abiola 389,713
Kano
Tofa 154,809
Abiola 169,619
Katsina
Tofa 271,077
Abiola 171,162
Kebbi
Tofa 144,808
Abiola 70,219
Kogi
Tofa 265,732
Abiola 222,760
Kwara
Tofa 80,209
Abiola 272,270
Lagos
Tofa 149,432
Abiola 883,865
Niger
Tofa 221,437
Abiola 136,350
Ogun
Tofa 59,246
Abiola 425,725
Ondo
Tofa 162,994
Abiola 883,024
Osun
Tofa 72,068
Abiola 365,266
Oyo
Tofa 105,788
Abiola 536,011
Plateau
Tofa 259,394
Abiola 417,565
Rivers
Tofa 640,973
Abiola 370,578
Sokoto
Tofa 372,250
Abiola 97,726
Taraba
Tofa 64,001
Abiola 101,887
Yobe
Tofa 64,061
Abiola 11,887
~Imrandhuz