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About M.K.O. Abiola:1937 - Born Moshood Kashimao Abiola on the 24th of August in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
1993 - He was denied the opportunity to become President when the election results of 12th of June were annulled by a court during the regime of Ibrahim Babangida. - He was the candidate of the Social Democratic Party. - When he declared himself the lawful president of Nigeria, he was accused of treason and imprisoned. 1996 - His wife, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, was murdered while actively canvassing for the actualisation of June 12 and for the release of her husband. - His daughter Hafsat Aboila later became a democracy activist and founded the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy in honor of her mother. 1998 - He died in captivity of a heart attack on the 7th of July. |