Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has dismissed long-standing claims that the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, was poisoned in detention.
Abdulsalami made the clarification in his autobiography, Call of Duty, one of three books publicly presented in Abuja as part of events marking his 84th birthday.
In the book, the former Head of State said Abiola’s death was investigated through an autopsy carried out by medical experts from Nigeria and three foreign countries.
According to him, the result of the autopsy showed that Abiola died from natural causes.
“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,” Abdulsalami wrote.
Abiola died on July 7, 1998, shortly after he reportedly collapsed during a meeting with
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