Jamiu Abiola, the son of the overdue winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Eminent Moshood Abiola, has mentioned that probing former army Head of Condition, Ibrahim Babangida, over the loss of life of his father makes no sense.
In an interview with Sunday PUNCH, Jamiu defined that the moment for such investigations had passed on to the great beyond, pointing out that many key figures concerned within the June 12 tragedy are now not alive.
“There is no need for prosecution or probe. So many years have passed and most of the good and bad actors in the June 12 tragedy have passed away,” Jamiu stated.
He added that the best moment for a probe would were throughout the second one time period of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, when Nigeria’s liberty used to be extra solid and lots of people concerned had been nonetheless alive and may just serve correct accounts of occasions.
Jamiu additional mentioned that for the ones inquisitive about realizing extra, his secure, ‘The President Who Never Ruled,’ deals insights into the annulment and the circumstance occasions.
“It (the book) will let you know exactly what happened during the annulment and why it happened,” he stated.
On the other hand, he cautioned readers to way it with the objective of working out the reality, no longer in search of revenge.
Jamiu stated one of the simplest ways to compensate the Abiola community can be for Nigerians to include the values of solidarity and nationwide brotherly love that had been exemplified on June 12, 1993.
“The best way to compensate our family is for the Abiola family to see all Nigerians adopting the attitude they adopted on the day of June 12, 1993, which in a nutshell is to reject tribalism and religious differences when electing leaders and to see themselves as members of the same family regardless of their states of origin,” he defined.
He additional famous that Nigerians will have to center of attention on reworking the rustic from a divided public to a unified one.
“Via so doing they’ll be heeding the decision of President Bola Tinubu to shun ethnicity and remodeling Nigeria from a rustic to a public.
“I will not ask for more than that because to do so would bring down the high standing of Moshood and Kudirat Abiola following their unique sacrifice. They gave up their lives and will be rewarded with more than 500 million years in a place better than any castle in this world,” he added.
Week acknowledging that any worldly honours bestowed upon his overdue folks can be favored, Jamiu firmly believes that such reputation pales compared to the everlasting praise his folks are playing.
“Any worldly honour given to them is definitely welcome, but believe it or not, it will be only a drop in the ocean compared to what they are enjoying right now and will continue enjoying while every single one of those who cheated and killed them burn in hell forever and ever by the special grace of God,” he mentioned.