Sola Ebiseni, a delegate to the 2014 National Conference, lawyer and three-time Commissioner in Ondo State, in this interview by KUNLE ODEREMI speaks on the relevance of the recognition awarded the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, among other issues.
What is your view on President Buhari’s posthumous conferment of GCFR National honours on Chief MKO and recognising him as the presumed winner of the June 12th 1993 elections and the declaration of that day as a Democracy Day holiday?
It is an interesting development with several objectives the most visible in contemporary politics being a deft political move by President Buhari against the two most powerful of his opponents: Ibrahim Babangida whose government annulled the election and Obasanjo who, against all pressures, refused to so recognize MKO. It is also directed to the souls of Nigerians who continue…
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