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The family of Late M.K.O. Abiola has appealed to the Federal Government to recognise the supposed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election as an ex-president of Nigeria.
The Head of the Abiola family, Chief Olanrewaju Abiola who made the appeal in Abeokuta, on the maiden public holiday of Democracy Day declared in honour of the deceased, said the recognition had become necessary for Nigerian leaders to rule in peace.
Olanrewaju first commended the President, Muhammadu Buhari for conferring their late father with the nation’s highest national honour – Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) – and for also recognising June 12 as Nigeria’s authentic Democracy Day.
He, however, stated that government should go a step further by conferring an official status of ex-President of the nation on him.
Abiola’s family head also demanded that all the entitlements that should have accrued to his late brother from 1993 to date should be fully paid to the family.
He further called on Buhari to liase with the National Assembly to debate the issue and subsequently pass it as a law.
“On June 12, last year when I spoke with the president, he said he has given him the honour, but we want it in black and white,” he said.
“Let the members of the National Assembly debate it and pass it into law. “Moshood was the bread winner of the family and since his death, the family members have been suffering.”
