How Chief Abiola was killed in government custody

By FEMI FALANA On June 12, 1994, Chief M. K.O. Abiola declared himself President on the basis of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which he won fair and square. General Sani Abacha’s military junta arrested him and charged him with treasonable felony at the Federal High Court. While he was held incommunicado in a military…