Yoruba elders betrayed my father—–MKO’s son
BANKOLE ABE
One of the sons of the late business mogul, Moshood kashimawo Abiola, Abdulmumuni Abiola has accused Yoruba elders of betraying his father, even to the point of death.
MKO, the acclaimed winner of the controversial June 12, 1993 election died while in detention on June 28, 1998.
Speaking recently with Daily Family, Abdulmumuni accused his father’s kinsmen of killing his father. “I feel there was something my father was trying to do and the powers that be then didn’t want him to do that. What could that possibly be? What did MKO do to deserve that death? We want to know.”
He wondered why some people decided to kill his father who was only trying to make the country better. “These were people from his own ethnic group; they cut him (Abiola) into pieces and shared his ‘meat’. The decision (to kill him) that they made back then, are they enjoying it now? We can’t go back in time but going into the future we can avoid making the same old mistake, which is the most important thing”, he said.
When he was asked how he wants his father to be remembered, He responded this way; “The country has more pressing issues to deal with. The country will be a better place if our leaders can apply their heads as well as hearts to lifting the majority of the people out of poverty, injustice, hopelessness, insecurity and corruption. There is so much rot in the country”.
He said his Father should be left alone to rest while the leaders face the mounting challenge confronting the country
