Sule Lamido has revealed why the Nigerian Military
annulled the June 12 election
- The former governor of Jigawa state said the Military
thought MKO Abiola would seize the opportunity to
take the money owed him
- According to Lamido, the Military owed Abiola N45
billion from contracts executed for the ministry of
communication
A former governor of Jigawa state and the
national secretary of the defunct Social
Democratic Party (SDP), Sule Lamido, has said
that the Nigerian military was owing late
Moshood Abiola N45 billion before his death.
Lamido said the money was for contracts
executed by International Telephone and
Telecommunication for Nigeria's ministry of
communication.
Punch reports that Lamido while speaking on the
annulment of the June 12, election which saw
Abiola as the winner of the presidential seat said
the military high command however refused the
make the payment.
He said the late Abiola had come with the claim
that his company was owed N45 billion for
contracts just after General Murtala Muhammed
had died.
"When (General) Murtala (Muhammed) died, Abiola came
in with a claim that he was owed, I think, about N45 billion
for contracts executed by International Telephone and
Telecommunication for the Ministry of Communications.
The military high command at that time said no. He went
round the Emirs in the North to lobby and the emirs asked
that they (military) should please pay the money.
They (military) said they cancelled the June 12 elections
because if they made him President, he would take his
money and the country will become bankrupt," Lamido
said.
"Those who were close to Abacha should know this, because
Abacha was then one of the big shots; they were all aware.
There was this Bosnian war going on in Yugoslavia. I said
sir; the Nigerian people are very innocent. This is like the
case of a Bosnian woman rapped by a Christian Serb who
got pregnant.
Yes, it is true that the pregnancy is a product of raape but
this is also my flesh and blood, I cannot kill it. This
(election) is my baby, my flesh and blood, I will not kill it. I
said so.
We went through a process and expenditure, the campaign,
the election day and even the entire government machinery
was involved in the election which we won and you are now
coming with the excuse that you owed some money.
That’s your problem. The baby is my baby. Yes, it is a
product of raape but I can’t kill it. At that time, the
Nigerian mood had been worked to go against June 12,"
Lamido added.
annulled the June 12 election
- The former governor of Jigawa state said the Military
thought MKO Abiola would seize the opportunity to
take the money owed him
- According to Lamido, the Military owed Abiola N45
billion from contracts executed for the ministry of
communication
A former governor of Jigawa state and the
national secretary of the defunct Social
Democratic Party (SDP), Sule Lamido, has said
that the Nigerian military was owing late
Moshood Abiola N45 billion before his death.
Lamido said the money was for contracts
executed by International Telephone and
Telecommunication for Nigeria's ministry of
communication.
Punch reports that Lamido while speaking on the
annulment of the June 12, election which saw
Abiola as the winner of the presidential seat said
the military high command however refused the
make the payment.
He said the late Abiola had come with the claim
that his company was owed N45 billion for
contracts just after General Murtala Muhammed
had died.
"When (General) Murtala (Muhammed) died, Abiola came
in with a claim that he was owed, I think, about N45 billion
for contracts executed by International Telephone and
Telecommunication for the Ministry of Communications.
The military high command at that time said no. He went
round the Emirs in the North to lobby and the emirs asked
that they (military) should please pay the money.
They (military) said they cancelled the June 12 elections
because if they made him President, he would take his
money and the country will become bankrupt," Lamido
said.
"Those who were close to Abacha should know this, because
Abacha was then one of the big shots; they were all aware.
There was this Bosnian war going on in Yugoslavia. I said
sir; the Nigerian people are very innocent. This is like the
case of a Bosnian woman rapped by a Christian Serb who
got pregnant.
Yes, it is true that the pregnancy is a product of raape but
this is also my flesh and blood, I cannot kill it. This
(election) is my baby, my flesh and blood, I will not kill it. I
said so.
We went through a process and expenditure, the campaign,
the election day and even the entire government machinery
was involved in the election which we won and you are now
coming with the excuse that you owed some money.
That’s your problem. The baby is my baby. Yes, it is a
product of raape but I can’t kill it. At that time, the
Nigerian mood had been worked to go against June 12,"
Lamido added.
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