Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola

Bashorun Moshood Olawale Abiola Kashimawo ( born August 24, 1937 in Abeokuta, † July 7, 1998 in Abuja ) was a Nigerian politician and businessman. He won in 1993 the first democratic elections in Nigeria, but these were annulled by Ibrahim Babangida. A year after that Abiola exclaimed the legitimate president of Nigeria, then he was accused of treason and imprisoned by the dictator Sani Abacha. He died in prison of a heart attack shortly before his release.

Life

Moshood Abiola was the son of a poor, Muslim Yoruba family in southern Nigeria. His middle name Kashimawo should " let's wait and see " mean to him was his mother, after she had suffered several miscarriages and many babies had died after a short time.

He went first to the Islamic Nawar Ud - Deen School and the Christian African Central School. Abiola graduated from the Baptist Boys' High School and received a scholarship in early 1961 that enabled him to study accounting in Scotland. In 1963 he received his degree with honors and worked as deputy chief accountant in Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Finally, from 1969 to 1988, he worked for the American company International Telephone and Telecommunications and has even been Managing Director and Chief Executive. This time made ​​him a rich man, and he founded several companies such as the Radio Communications of Nigeria in 1974. He had business in 60 countries, its own Nigerian companies employed about 20,000 people.

His political career began Moshood Abiola in 1979, when he joined the National Party. In 1993 he stood as a candidate for the Social Democratic Party on the presidential elections.

Abiola was married to several women; among his children are Yomi Abiola and Hafsat Abiola, a prominent human rights activist emphasized.

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