Unfreeze MKO’s accounts, pay reparation, ex-LG boss begs FG – TheNigerialawyer

A former Chairman of the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of
Lagos State, Mr Ayodele Adewale, has pleaded with President
Muhammadu Buhari to unfreeze the bank accounts of the late Chief
Moshood Kashimawo Abiola frozen during the military regime of the
late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha.

Adewale, who applauded Buhari for the posthumous national award
of Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic conferred
on MKO as the winner of the 1993 presidential election and the
declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day, also sought compensation
for the deceased’s family.

He further urged the Federal Government to recognise the
families of some unsung heroes who died in the struggle for the
actualisation of June 12.

Adewale, in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, argued that the need
for reparation became imperative to enable the family to
resuscitate the dilapidated companies of the late businessman after
the Federal Government seized the firms.

He said, “We are also looking at the government paying
reparation to the Abiola family just as they did to the Biafran
soldiers and the staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways. We believe
that President Buhari can also help to unfrozen all Abiola’s
accounts frozen by Abacha. This will help the family a lot.

“Again, the closure of the Concord Press led to job losses and
many journalists left without being paid. If the government can
accede to the requests, they would be able to pay all the workers
of the different companies that became redundant after their
closure by the then military government.

“The details of Abiola’s frozen accounts are with the Department
of State Services, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Directorate
of Military Intelligence. Abiola’s seized properties are also
verifiable. They are all over Nigeria.”

Also, Abdulmumuni Abiola, one of the sons of the late MKO
Abiola, called on the President to address the problem of poverty
in the land, which his father had plans to continue to fight before
he was incarcerated.

He said, “It is all well and good that we are celebrating the
sacrifice. My father’s dream was to provide solutions to the myriad
problems the country faced at the time. We also want President
Buhari to urgently address the issue of poverty and health care,
which was part of Abiola’s development plan. It will go a long way
in strengthening our democracy.”

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