Obasanjo says "bad blood" caused annulment of June 12 1993 election


... Says annulment robbed Abeokuta the rare opportunity of producing three Nigerian presidents 

 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained that ‘bad blood’ was the reason why the June 12, 1993, Presidential election presumed to have been won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was annulled. 

Obasanjo did not explain where the bad blood came from or those involved in the annulment.
He described the late acclaimed winner of the election, Kashimawo Abiola as his school mate at the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, noting that the annulment robbed Egbaland, the rare opportunity of having three of its prominent sons, occupy the exalted seat of the president of Nigeria, at different times.
Obasanjo spoke Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital during his investiture as a Trustee of the Abeokuta Club, a sociocultural organisation of Egba people of Ogun State.
The late business mogul was also awarded a posthumous Vice-Patron of the Club during its 46th President Party held at the secretariat in Abeokuta. 

However, according to Obasanjo, Abiola richly deserved the award bestowed on him by the Abeokuta Club.
Obasanjo was apparently referring to former Head of Interim National Government Chief Ernest Shonekan, himself who ruled Nigeria, first, as a military Head-of-State and later two-time civilian president, noted that Abiola would have become the third if the 1993 poll was not annulled by the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida, then as military president.
“I want to thank Abeokuta club for this honour being bestowed on me and the honour being bestowed on my school mate MKO Abiola which he richly deserved.
“Normally when you win a cup three times, you keep that cup. Isn’t it? If not for bad belle, Abeokuta would have produced President of Nigeria three times, in which case we should have kept it permanently.
“But be that as it may, we have a great heritage and we should be proud of our heritage,” Obasanjo added.
He, then, pledged his commitment to the development of the Club, Ogun state, Nigeria and the world in general.
“I want to say this, I will continue to contribute my quota to the development and growth of this club and by extension, the development and growth of Abeokuta, of Ogun State, of Nigeria, of African and indeed of the world in whichever way I can,” he added.