Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Bola Ahmed Tinubu: June 12 is our beacon in the dark

The June 12 Presidential election was not concluded. The Babangida government which ordered the election, cancelled it before the results were all announced. The election commission announced some but not all the results. It did not announce the final election result. Abiola could therefore not have been duly elected president in the said elections. He was not. Was Abiola the more probable winner of the election? Yes. Was he robbed of victory? May be. All credible reports on votes cast before the election was cancelled indicated that Abiola was leading his opponent. Abiola claimed victory. His opponent did not. Did this mean that Abiola won the election and  his opponent lost the election? No.
The Babanginda government (BG)and the Abacha government which was a consequence of the BG cancellation of the election,  must share responsibility for the so-called pro-democracy movements that challenged the election's cancellation and spurn some of Nigeria's most corrupt opportunist politicians.  I say so-called pro-democracy movements because the movements' members who later worked their way into government by hook or crook have mostly taken every opportunity to continually plunder the public purse. For many of these people, Abiola passing would seem to be a greater blessing than they might have hoped for.

oa

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deal guys
you don't have to respond if you don't want to, but i am pretty much at sea over what is being charged and countercharged.
again, my knowledge is limited, of course. we all know abiola had been elected, thrown in jail by babangida, died in prison, was succeeded by shonekan whom abacha overthrew.
then the picture of abacha is a descent into a nightmare for nigeria.
that sums up my superficial knowledge.
so, what is this about supporting his mandate and the pro-democracy movement etc? could anyone help clarify this for me?
(wikipedia is no help)
ken

On 6/14/13 8:20 AM, Ikhide wrote:
> Bolaji, you swung unnecessary missiles at me thusly:
>
> "You and I know that you did not spend "all of (your) relative youth and my family's resources in the 90's to ensure the actualization of Abacha's mandate."  Absolutely untrue....even I did not - and I spent much of my waking hours doing my little bit here in the US with respect to June 12."
>
> You read me too hastily, my dear friend. I could not have over represented myself. Read me again; I was not referring to Abiola's mandate, I was referring to Abacha's mandate. I had nothing to do with the prodemocracy struggle.  As Ayo correctly noted, I had nothing to so with Abiola's mandate. How would you know that I did not spend my relative youth and family resources supporting Abacha?
>
> Abegi. Leave matter. Be well.
>
> - Ikhide
>
> On Jun 14, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2.  You and I know that you did not spend "all of (your) relative
>> youth and my family's resources in the 90's to ensure the
>> actualization of Abacha's mandate."  Absolutely untrue....even I did
>> not - and I spent much of my waking hours doing my little bit here in
>> the US with respect to June 12.  I regard it as a phase in my life,
>> but I am

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