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MKO Abiola died of heart attack, not poison – Gen. Abubakar

MKO Abiola died of heart attack, not poison – Gen. Abubakar

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Published on 2026-06-14 03:33:11

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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), yesterday, dismissed allegation that the late Chief Moshood Abiola was poisoned, insisting that an autopsy conducted by pathologists from four countries attributed his death to natural causes.

Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election adjudged the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history, was imprisoned by the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha after he declared himself the rightful president. He passed away in detention on June 7, 1998, under controversial…

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