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The June 12, 1993 Presidential Election: Meet The Key Players

Posted by Jake Clifford on June 12, 2020>

1. MKO Abiola (The Presidential candidate of SDP presumed winner of the election and was later arrested on June 22 1994).
2. General IBB (The military head of state that annulled the election).
3. Babagana Kingibe (MKO running Mate).
4. Bashir Tofa ( Presidential candidate of the opposition party NRC).
5. Kudirat Abiola ( one of MKO wives and was in the forefront to restore her husband’s mandate but was assassinated on June 4,1996) .
6. Sani Abacha (He hailed MKO and died before him).
7. Humphrey Nwosu (Chairman of the defunct National electoral commission that conducted the election).
8. Ernest Shonekan ( He led the interim government set up by IBB after he had stepped down as head of state).