How MKO Abiola won Nigeria’s most credible elections ever. And why it cost him his life

Although the June 12, 1993 election didn’t produce a President, many foreign and local witnesses of the election have described it as the most credible election in the history of Nigeria.

After years of military rule, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, the then head of state, promised to hand over power to a civilian president on August 27, 1993. He set up the National Electoral Commission (NEC) and appointed Prof Humphrey Nwosu as the Chairman to conduct an election that would produce a new president.
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