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Admitting MKO Abiola won June 12 presidential election is courageous - Tinubu tells IBB

Ibrahim Babangida admitted on February 20, 2025, that he annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election, in which M.K.O. Abiola won, calling it the most challenging decision of his life.
President Bola Tinubu praised Babangida's admission, calling it a show of courage and patriotism.
Babangida confirmed that Abiola indeed won the election based on collated results, marking a significant moment in Nigeria's democratic history.
The event featured notable figures, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo.

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Daily Trust

Memoir: MKO's daughter speaks on IBB's comment on June 12 - Daily Trust

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of the late MKO Abiola and Kudirat Abiola, has reacted to revelation by former military leader, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd.) that Abiola won the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Babangida spoke in Abuja on Thursday during the launch of his memoir, “A Journey In Service.” Reacting to the statement on Friday, Abiola- Costello said IBB’s admission that MKO won the election had laid the matter to rest. …

Admitting MKO Abiola won June 12 presidential election is courageous - Tinubu tells IBB

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday described former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, as courageous and patriotic for admitting that the late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12, 1993 election. Tinubu spoke as the Special Guest of Honour at the launch of Babangida’s autobiography, A Journey in Service, and the fundraising for the IBB Presidential Library Project. Recall that, for the first time, General Babangida confirmed that Chief Abio…

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Premium Times Nigeria

32 years later, IBB regrets annulling 1993 presidential election

Mr Babangida stated this in his speech at the launch of his autobiography – “A Journey in Service”, in Abuja on Thursday.

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Tinubu Commends Babangida's Admission Of Abiola's 1993 Election Victory

SharePresident Bola Tinubu has commended former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, for his recent acknowledgement that the late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12, 1993, presidential election. This acknowledgement, made during the launch of Babangida’s autobiography, “A Journey in Service,” in Abuja on Thursday, February 20, marks the first time in 32 years that Babangida... The post Tinubu Commends Babangida’s Admission Of Abiola’s 1993 …

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Abiola: IBB, Obasanjo, Abubakar, David Mark Should Be In Jail – Sowore - News360 Info - Breaking News, Nigerian News and Multimedia, World News.

Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdusalami Abubakar and David Mark should be in jail. News360 Info reported that the former Military Head of State, IBB, at the launch of his autobiography ‘A Journey of Service’ on Thursday, disclosed that Moshood Abiola won […] The post Abiola: IBB, Obasanjo, Abubakar, David Mark Should Be In Jail – Sowore ap…

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African Examiner

June 12 Elections: Tinubu Hails IBB For Admitting MKO Abiola’s Victory

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja, said former President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida showed unusual courage and patriotism by admitting that late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12 election in 1993. Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga disclosed this in a press release The President, who was […] The post June 12 Elections: Tinubu Hails IBB For Admitting MKO Abiola’s Victory first appear…

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