MKO Abiola Photo: Encomium
Kola Abiola, the oldest son of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, MKO Abiola, has disclosed that he made three makes an attempt to make ex-President Goodluck Jonathan honour his late father.
Speaking on Channels TV on Thursday, Kola mentioned he first approached the then Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, to honour his father throughout the Centenary celebration in January 2014 however a gold award was given to the deceased, which was rejected by the household.
He mentioned even after Jonathan had misplaced and was making ready to depart workplace, he made one other try to get him to honour MKO however it failed once more.
Kola mentioned: “Towards the election, I approached them once more, this time in writing, and solicited the assistance of Pastor Bakare and informed them that even when it was for egocentric political causes, this was one thing you might do to assist your possibilities of successful elections.
“I actually didn’t thoughts how he obtained it achieved. But we couldn’t get President Jonathan to get it achieved so we left that.
“After he lost the election, I approached him a second time also through the same Pastor Bakare to try to get him to do this as a legacy of his Presidency, something that Nigerians would never forget about him. Last minute, we couldn’t get it to happen.”
Kola famous that he didn't method former President Olusegun Obasanjo to honour his father as a result of he felt there was no level doing in order the reply would have been apparent.
He, nevertheless, mentioned he approached the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who promised to handle the problem however died in workplace.
When requested his view on Jonathan’s naming of the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University, Lagos, Kola mentioned: “That was a mistake. They had been attempting to regionalise MKO. He was past that. This man was voted throughout Nigeria irrespective of faith.
“I went back to them and told them if they had consulted me, I would have told them what to do.”