Abubakar made the disclosure in his newly released autobiography, Call of Duty, where he recounted the circumstances surrounding Abiola’s death on July 7, 1998, while in government custody.
Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has dismissed long-standing allegations that Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was poisoned while in detention, insisting that an international autopsy concluded that the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election died of natural causes.
Abubakar made the disclosure in his newly released autobiography, Call of Duty, where he recounted the circumstances surrounding Abiola’s death on July 7, 1998, while in government custody.
According to the former military ruler, Abiola collapsed during a meeting with a visiting American delegation that included former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Tom Pickering, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Susan Rice.
“I do not believe Abiola was poisoned. The family requested an autopsy and we assembled American, British, Nigerian and Canadian pathologists to conduct it. The autopsy report attributed his death to natural causes."
