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Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to show courage by closing the chapter of June 12 once and for all.

According to him, the payment of the N45 billion debt owed to the family of the late presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, would serve as a symbolic and moral closure to the June 12 struggle and Abiola’s unjust treatment following the annulment of the election, widely believed to have been won by the late business mogul.

The former Minister of Foreign Affairs made the call while delivering his closing remarks at the launch of his autobiography, Being True to Myself, held at the NAF Conference Centre on Tuesday in Abuja.

“When (General) Murtala (Muhammed) died, Abiola came in with a claim that he was owed, I think, about N45bn for contracts executed by International Telephone and Telecommunication for the Ministry of Communications. The military high command at that time said no.

“He went around the Emirs in the North to lobby, and the Emirs asked that they (the military) should please pay the money. They (the military) said they annulled the June 12 elections because if they made him President, he would take his money, and the country would become bankrupt. Those who were close to Abacha should know this because Abacha was then one of the big shots; they were all aware.”

“Before I end my remarks, I want to appeal to President Tinubu to finally close the chapter of June 12. In his book, General Ibrahim Babangida acknowledged that Abiola won the election. When I visited him, he also confirmed that Abiola is owed N45 billion. He was doubly punished: first, denied the presidency; second, denied what is owed to him.”

Lamido urged the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammad Idris Malagi, who represented President Tinubu at the event, to deliver the message to the President.

“Please tell the President to pay the Abiola family the N45 billion. Once this is done, the June 12 chapter will be closed. It is very important,” he stated.

Source: https://tribuneonlineng.com/june-12-pay-abiolas-family-n45bn-debt-lamido-tells-tinubu/

Sorry I like the man but, he has already paid himself don't let us start on how he earned his money.

Hehehe... Democracy era should pay the debt owed by the Military era.
I guess we will need to borrow money from China for that.

This Babangida and shifting posts...

Why didn't he pay him, why did he annul his election

45bn of then adjust for inflation will be like 450bn now. Na wa o.

Is Tinubu the one owing them?

Your kinsman annulled the election.

Then government go pay tire if everyone start coming with its own genie issues

Nigeria's whole federal budget in 1978 was about 10 billion Naira. How could Nigeria be owing a single individual four times its whole budget?

Looting

Who will enjoy the money?

Buhari paid him more than that by changing Nigeria's democracy day from May 29th to June 12th

Wow

Who are we running to this time tho
or china??

Only in Nigeria will there be such bold ission and everyone will face front like its not meant to change the dynamics of everything. Or they think cos balaBluee is there that it is compensation for that robbery? Lol

Abiola and Obasanjo International thief thief

When will he pay Nigeria the money he looted?

Nigeria matter don tire me o. Make Tinubu pay $45b debt caused by Babangida? Lamido self be like say e need brain reset. Make dem go drag Babangida abi e don die ni? Dem just want dey waste the country money anyhow. Na the poor citizens go suffer am.

See trap set for PBAT. So that the nay sayers will say Yoruba paid Yoruba.

Nonsense

Many Nigerians loved Abiola

He also was generous, he donated a lot to just causes

OK ,



With the situations in the country?



Princess Faith Chukwu

Some of Abiola's children must be having sleepless night over the money .

Where is the telecommunications Abiola did?

2mch:
45bn of then adjust for inflation will be like 450bn now. Na wa o.

45 billion in 2015 is same as 450 billion not to talk of that period

Make Tinubu family no come talk their own in trillions when time come

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GoodSpirit:



45 billion in 2015 is same as 450 billion not to talk of that period

I know. It’s really like 4.5 trillion o.

Some people get mind o

This Sanusi sef

Na why north no fit rule this country well... everything to them is about squandering...

He didn't tell Buhari to pay, now he's telling Tinubu to pay...

Were struggling to eradicate the ills of Buhari... Tinubu just paid off two debt shackles...

This man is telling him to borrow money and pay Abiola family...

Is Abiola family complaining?

If Nigeria owe them, let them sue Nigeria and we pay them. Not one old man trying to act saint and kind, in a royal show of hypocrisy, telling the president to squander money because he's a king somewhere...

Obasanjo, Jonah, Buhari; he didn't tell any of them to pay. Now he's telling Tinubu to pay 45B... this man doesn't know what that money will do in Nigeria right now. Put ¾ of 45B into R & D at least and see the yield in 5-10 years... but no such advice... only retrogressive advices.

Funny thing is, all the progressive reforms Tinubu is make will hit a halt after 2031 because another northerner will become the president and return thr country to Ice age when the world is in AI age.

Omo, to be Nigerian be one of the world's misfortunes.

Tell Banbangida to pay it from the money he earned off the books he sold or that he took from Nigeria na

Haven't Nigeria done enough for this man and his family This June 12 how is it more important than 1976 pogrom and killing of Igbos in all the Northern and western part of Nigeria... I won't be suprise if they said one of his son to succeed Tulumbu

Tinubu is not Abacha and Babangida...


make dem rest abeg

Abiola and Fela