Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has disclosed how the acclaimed winner of the June 12th, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola died.
General Abdulsalami while speaking to the Trust Tv, claimed that M.K Abiola died of a natural cause as against the allegation from some quarters that he was murdered while in detention.
There are insinuations that M.K Abiola drank tea laced with poison which subsequently led to his death.
“Well, I smile because there were lots of allegations here and there that we killed Abiola. As always when I am talking about late Abiola, I still thank God for directing me on things to do when he gave me the leadership of this country”, he said.
He further narrated: “on the day Moshood Abiola passed away, may he rest in peace, two to three things made him always say he thanked God for the guidance He gave him, adding that he received a delegation from America headed by Pickering who was then the secretary of state or so and the team was Susan Rice.”
“So they saw him like yesterday, now this team from US came to see me and I said they could see him. Normally it was in the evenings the family go and see him. So because I had authorized the American team to see him, so the other part of the family were waiting to see him. It was at this meeting when the American team was meeting Abiola that he fell sick and suddenly the security officers called the medical team to come and attend to him”
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