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6 unusual facts about Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola


Abeokuta North/Obafemi Owode/Odeda constituency

Chief M.K.O Abiola was a prominent Nigerians from Abeokuta North.

Abiola

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian businessman, publisher, philanthropist and politician

CAF Cup

Trophy named after Moshood Abiola, a Nigerian businessman, publisher and politician as well as being the first Director of Sports in independent Nigeria.

Moshood

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (1937–1998), Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of the Egba clan

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola

The famed Nigerian Pastor Tunde Bakare is said to have predicted the annulment to Abiola and warned him against contesting.

During that time, Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and human rights activists from all over the world lobbied the Nigerian government for his release.


Ibrahim Babangida

January 4, 1993 saw the announcement by Babangida of a National Defense and Security Council, of which Babangida himself was to be President, while in April 1993 the SDP nominated Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (MKO) as its presidential candidate, with the National Republican Convention (NRC) choosing Bashir Tofa to run for the same position.


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