June 12: Nigerians pay tributes to MKO Abiola on Democracy Day

This was during MKO Abiola's burial in 1998! The people who betrayed, jailed and murdered him are/were the ones in power yesterday, today and likely tomorrow, they will continue their murderous trade until…#RevolutionNow https://t.co/mJ84IH2T2v

— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) June 12, 2020

27yrs after, we are still stuck with same men who saw MKO Abiola’s suffering & death. Same Tinubu & Buhari’s faces since 1993.

A 27yo man MUST have left his father’s house.

But Abacha’s men are still eating from ailing Daddy’s (🇳🇬) pot#DemocracyDay2020 #June12 #BUHARIHasFailed pic.twitter.com/0X4ByuCOtw

— NEFERTITI (@firstladyship) June 12, 2020

The hero of today.
Continue to Rest in Peace MKO Abiola ✝#June12 #DemocracyDay pic.twitter.com/etqekkzaoa

— Ọláwálé 🇳🇬 (@walecoker65) June 12, 2020

Who is Abiola?
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also known as MKO Abiola GCFR (24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998) was a Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of the Egba clan. He was the Aare Ona Kankafo XIV of Yorubaland…. pic.twitter.com/M6DSmgELm5

— Adams Omoniyi (@adams_omoniyi) June 9, 2020

Do you know?

That it was Oba Yesufu Oloyede Asanike that bestowed MKO Abiola with the title Basorun.

Basorun of Ibadanland#June12

— Akin Akínwálé (@mrlurvy) June 12, 2020

Happy June 12 celebration and democracy day.

Special thanks to MKO Abiola, Kudirat, Alfred Rewane & Alhaji Shehu Musa Yardua for the sacrifices they made for this day.

May their souls rest in peace. Amen. pic.twitter.com/39mnWmysVR

— Dokun Ojomo (@DokunOjomo) June 12, 2020

Happy Democracy Day Nigeria. 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

I represented H.E. Prince Dapo Abiodun MFR @dapoabiodunmfr at the Abiola family's ancestral home in Gbagura, Abeokuta for short prayers for late Bashorun MKO Abiola. pic.twitter.com/a4LyisB7pR

— Noimot Salako-Oyedele (@NoimotOyedele) June 12, 2020

THANKS to Buhari/Osinbajo administration for honoring MKO ABIOLA's #June12 victory with #DemocracyDay. MKO was brave till he died, fighting for the people's mandate entrusted to him.

Long live Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (MKO) pic.twitter.com/1DJCVNj3j0

— Ekitikan (@EkitiKetekan) June 12, 2020

When MKO Abiola was asked about how he feels about being Africa's Richest Man then (1989), he replied:

"I don't want to be remembered for how much money I have, but for how many lives I impacted. How many people I helped".

He was the biggest African Philanthropist of his time pic.twitter.com/NJkOr62M6S

— Everything FCM (@FcMglobal) June 12, 2020

One of the things I have learnt overtime is to be part of the effort to make a change and advocate for good governance. So we say #HonourJune12 by #SigningElectoralAmendementBill. The only way to honour the effort of late MKO abiola is to sign that Bill pic.twitter.com/hzeDiVWQq0

— Daddy Semilore (@holusoji70) June 12, 2020