After more than two decades of silence over the annulment of the 1993 presidential election, former chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and National Chairman of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has opened up in a new book to be launched in Abuja tomorrow.

Despite the secrecy veiling its content, the planning committee for the launch gave an insight yesterday, saying the political class should “update itself on the story of intrigues at the highest level, as told by one of the unique players.”


Sealed lips greeted every effort to get snippets of the role the PDP chieftain played as contained in the book; his aides kept insisting the details would be made public tomorrow.


When The Guardian called Anenih, he was not available for comments. The Edo-born politician has been criticised in the past for not opening up on events leading to the annulment and alleged usurpation of the mandate of presidential candidate and billionaire businessman, Chief M.K.O Abiola, maintaining a silence that has infuriated many.


Former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, on June 23, 1993, while late Abiola was believed to be cruising to victory, announced annulment of the election, said to be the freest and fairest in the history of the country.


Babangida’s move culminated in the end of his stay in power, throwing the country into political turmoil that led to the emergence of General Sanni Abacha.


Information from the planning committee stated that Anenih “has opened up on how the bid by the political class to reclaim the now infamous June 12 mandate was thwarted by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.”



The committee said further: “In his autobiography, titled, “My Life and Nigerian Politics”, billed for public presentation at the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Saturday (tomorrow), Anenih’s narrative captures the various political events and developments that culminated in how Abiola won the presidential election, how the outcome of the election was annulled midway by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida and how the Interim National Government (ING), set up with Chief Ernest Shonekan as head to conduct another presidential election, was overthrown by Abacha.

http://m.guardian.ng/news/anenih-opens-up-on-abiolas-annulled-june-12-mandate/

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Rubisiiii

Nigerians should keep dwelling on the past while they ignore the present and the future approaches without warning.

thesicilian:
Nigerians should keep dwelling on the past while they ignore the present and the future approaches without warning.

Yes, we need to.

History (mistake) keeps repeating itself because people refuse to learn from history.

And between, the expired Edo politician is seeking relevance in letters after he and Tom Ikimi and other notorious God fathers were permanently relegated to the dustbin of history by Lara/Iara's husband.

I wish him all the best.

thesicilian:
Nigerians should keep dwelling on the past while they ignore the present and the future approaches without warning.

If you do not know where you are coming from
You cannot know where you are going.

This is annoying to me using captivating headlines to attract attention without any piece of news is utter garbage.

Who z according relevance to dis old man dat neva contributed positively to the lives of Edo ppl n Nigerians but rather impoverished dem.

Writing book for wat reason? Sum1 dat wld be quickly forgotten wit d speed of light.

Kwankwaso 2019 kwankwasiya amana

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Na lie go full inside

Since 1999 that we've bn producing elected president what positive impact have they in the lives of the citizens. Nonsense, keep dwelling in the past

Can all this birds of the same feather just let us breath freely with this fake ass politician been revealed as a Martyr. This M.K.O dude is no difference to the regular corrupt politicians of today. He ain't no messier, he was a plan green snake under green grass using the hungry strategy of the poverty-stricken Nigerians as a threshold to get his popularity.. he ain't no saint whatsoever

Can we just move on with this stories, we are tired of it mhen

saintgoogle:
mashood kashimawo olawale abiola
the best president (we never had)

like to wish him rip
share for afonja

How old are you? Am so certain you were probably still a kid when Abiola contested or you were plainly part of the stomach infrastructure scheme he built his fake ass popularity on.

Best we never had my black bumbum


This ur fake ass M.K.O was part of the problem Nigeria is facing now, he used his wealth to upsurge the elderly leaders plans on a good governance for the average Nigerians, Go find an elderly man and ask him what M.K.O Abiola did to the likes of Obafemi Awolowo and Olabisi Onabanjo Because he was told he should Chill on his aspiration on been the Governor of Ogun state then. Go and study your history

Ahhhhhh

Beautiful couple

Anenih...83 yrs
Wife...23 yrs

June 12 for life. I can never forget

no usefull information was giving here

useless headline

Here is a swift question, what has democracy offered us so far? Don't be fooled whether PDP or APC the type of democracy we have is a representation of the interest of the elite. Abiola wouldn't have been different cos he is a product of that same elite class and all this guys know how to do is to run Nigeria as a business to enhance their pockets and this will surely continue cos most of us are still blind to this truth.

Hmmmmm

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Medicine after death. Will this shit bring him back to life, will it rewind time so that the right things can be done at the right time, will it heal the wound in the hearts of those he left behind? When Abiola died, none of them had the guts to speak out and now that the dust has settled, they're crawling of their shells. Cowardice of the highest order. #wherewereyouwhenithappened

crazymommy:
If you do not know where you are coming from
You cannot know where you are going.

datola:


Yes, we need to.

History (mistake) keeps repeating itself because people refuse to learn from history.

And between, the expired Edo politician is seeking relevance in letters after he and Tom Ikimi and other notorious God fathers were permanently relegated to the dustbin of history by Lara/Iara's husband.

I wish him all the best.

True talk. But we do know where we are coming from. And we know where we need to be. Just that we keep allowing ourselves to continually be blinded by these ethnoreligious sentiments that are being whipped up by some mischievous old men for their selfish aims.
Every year we talk about MKO, Abacha, etc and nothing good ever comes out of it. Would a country who really cared about her history had even allowed someone like Buhari stand as a presidential candidate, much less win the election?

datola:


Yes, we need to.

History (mistake) keeps repeating itself because people refuse to learn from history.

And between, the expired Edo politician is seeking relevance in letters after he and Tom Ikimi and other notorious God fathers were permanently relegated to the dustbin of history by Lara/Iara's husband.

I wish him all the best.

This guy is a criminal. He and his gang ensured that Edo State and Nigeria remain backwards.

saintgoogle:
mashood kashimawo olawale abiola
the best president (we never had)

like to wish him rip
share for afonja

Which kain yeye best president? Buhari is doing better than he shld.

What's there to say again

I didnt read d post