Abiola’s son floats foundation against Nigeria’s disintegration

Says parents died in vain if Nigeria collapses

Son of Chief Moshood Abiola, winner of the 1993 presidential election, Jamiu Abiola, has floated a foundation named after his mother, Kudirat, to work for peace and unity of Nigeria in the face of agitations for secession.

The chairman of the foundation spoke in Zaria, Kaduna State, yesterday while launching the ‘Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari Peace Foundation’ in memory of his Zaria-born mother, who was assassinated in June 4, 1996.

Saying the foundation was founded to work against the forces trying to bring Nigeria down, the scion of the Abiola family added that the creation of Nigeria by God was not a mistake and that the country had gone too far as a united nation to break up.

According to him, it would mean that his parents, Kudirat and Moshood Abiola, died in vain if Nigeria or its democracy collapses.

“I chose to float this foundation now, 25 years after my mother’s demise, because of where we are now as a country. Where we are is very dangerous. We have a democracy, but we have fake news and so many things working towards destroying the country.

“So, the same way these forces work against the country, we also have to establish forces of our own to work for the country. We should get more forces positively than negative forces. So, this is the time, because if things go wrong and democracy does not work, it means my father and my mother died for nothing. And there is no way I can let it happen,” he said.