Chief Kola Abiola, son of late Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola, the self-acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has slammed the current leaders of Nigeria over the state of the country and revealed this is not the democracy his late father and those who sacrificed their lives for the country died for.
It should be recalled that his father died in detention years after he challenged the military for annulling the election labeled the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history.
Kola Abiola talked about this during the Tribe Naija, 2021 Democracy Day Fireside chat, which took in Abuja to commemorate democracy day recently.
While speaking on the theme: “This thing called democracy,” Kola saluted the memories of his father, his business and political associate, General Musa Yar’ Adua, and lamented that their dream for a united Nigeria hasn’t been achieved decades after their demise.
He said: “Today is an emotional day for me. I want to give honour to my late dad, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, GCFR, Gen. Yar’Adua, GCON and many more that have passed on in the name of democracy.
“I have travelled all over Nigeria since 1978. I have been to every corner of Nigeria, either by road or by air, and I see everywhere as home. I walk everywhere and I am safe. So why do we want to see this end?
“I am not impressed with the democracy that we are in today, because it is not what my father and others died for. It’s not what they put their lives on the line for.
“And I want to make sure we get what they will be proud of in their graves. The mantle is now for me to make sure that happens and that is what I mean by completing that bridge.”
