Nigeria's 1993 "election"
The man who chaired Nigeria's National Electoral Commission back in '93 has written a book about the election and its annulment.According to this article from This Day (Lagos), the author claims that Ibrahim Babangida, then head of state, was not responsible for nullifying the election results.
But, he doesn't name the people who set the stage for General Abacha's dictatorship. Why not? They and their supporters, who probably profited handsomely during Abacha's tenure, are still around and still powerful.
IBB Did Not Annul June 12, Says Nwosu
"Exactly 15 years after the conduct of the June 12 1993 presidential election, the former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Professor Humphrey Nwosu, has exonerated former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida [right], from blame on the annulment of the poll which was considered the freest, fairest and most peaceful in Nigeria's history."Instead, Nwosu blamed the annulment, which plunged Nigeria into a prolonged political crisis, on a "military cabal". He, however, did not name members of the cabal.
"Symbolically, Nwosu declared late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the presidential candidate of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP), winner of the election..."
See also:
- Nwosu - the Denouncement of a Hero
- Nigeria’s “year of three Caesars”: Professor Nwosu, Babangida's washer-man?
- JUNE 12, 1993 ELECTION: FULL RESULTS
Labels: elections, history, Nigeria
posted by Ken Wedding @ 9:22 PM
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