E.E.R: Abiola Is Greater Than You, Hafsat Abiola Tells Obasanjo

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Abiola Is Greater Than You, Hafsat Abiola Tells Obasanjo

Abiola Is Greater Than You, Hafsat Tells Obasanjo

The daughter of the annulled June 12 presidential election winner, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, has said that her father, Moshood Abiola was greater than former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and as such he did not need the ex-president’s recognition.

This is coming on the heels of Obasanjo’s statement on Saturday acknowledging that Abiola made sacrifices for the nation.

Obasanjo made the remark in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the 4th founder’s day of Nobelhouse College, and 85th birthday of an industrialist, Chief Olatunde Abudu.

“Ogun State would have produced three presidents if not for ‘bad belle.’ I want to agree with him (Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo) that Abiola sacrificed for the nation,” he said.

His remark came less than two weeks to the 21st anniversary of the annulled June 12 election, which was widely believed to have been won by Abiola but was annulled by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd).

But yesterday, at the Kudirat Abiola’s 18th anniversary, organised by Campaign for Democracy in collaboration with Women Arise and Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, the daughter of the slain politician said Obasanjo’s recognition of Abiola’s contribution was uncalled-for.

“I feel that if he wanted to recognise MKO Abiola now, it’s good for him. But, MKO Abiola was always the greater man. And you cannot recognise somebody that is more than yourself. MKO Abiola did not require General Obasanjo to recognise him,” Abiola-Costello said.

She said the recognition her father needed are from the Nigerian masses, adding that the late Abiola was greater than Obasanjo.

Meanwhile, while addressing the audience present at the Abiola house to commemorate the death of her mother, she urged Nigerians to remain undivided by the country’s politicians.

She went further to state that the Abiola had warned of Nigeria’s current dilemma.

She said, “MKO wrote about this; he said ‘in the midst of poverty all you will have here is you will groom guerrilla cells across Nigeria’.

“It is what we are seeing today. He said this over 20 years ago. And it is coming to pass. First, we have the militants in the South-South. Now, we have militants in the North-East.

“Until we solve the problem of poverty in Nigeria we will continue to have militants; today, it’s the North-East, tomorrow, it could anywhere else.”

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The daughter of the annulled June 12 presidential election winner, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, has said that her father, Moshood Abiola was greater than former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and as such he did not need the ex-president’s recognition.

This is coming on the heels of Obasanjo’s statement on Saturday acknowledging that Abiola made sacrifices for the nation.

Obasanjo made the remark in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the 4th founder’s day of Nobelhouse College, and 85th birthday of an industrialist, Chief Olatunde Abudu.

“Ogun State would have produced three presidents if not for ‘bad belle.’ I want to agree with him (Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo) that Abiola sacrificed for the nation,” he said.

His remark came less than two weeks to the 21st anniversary of the annulled June 12 election, which was widely believed to have been won by Abiola but was annulled by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd).

But yesterday, at the Kudirat Abiola’s 18th anniversary, organised by Campaign for Democracy in collaboration with Women Arise and Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, the daughter of the slain politician said Obasanjo’s recognition of Abiola’s contribution was uncalled-for.

“I feel that if he wanted to recognise MKO Abiola now, it’s good for him. But, MKO Abiola was always the greater man. And you cannot recognise somebody that is more than yourself. MKO Abiola did not require General Obasanjo to recognise him,” Abiola-Costello said.

She said the recognition her father needed are from the Nigerian masses, adding that the late Abiola was greater than Obasanjo.

Meanwhile, while addressing the audience present at the Abiola house to commemorate the death of her mother, she urged Nigerians to remain undivided by the country’s politicians.

She went further to state that the Abiola had warned of Nigeria’s current dilemma.

She said, “MKO wrote about this; he said ‘in the midst of poverty all you will have here is you will groom guerrilla cells across Nigeria’.

“It is what we are seeing today. He said this over 20 years ago. And it is coming to pass. First, we have the militants in the South-South. Now, we have militants in the North-East.

“Until we solve the problem of poverty in Nigeria we will continue to have militants; today, it’s the North-East, tomorrow, it could anywhere else.”