Dahiru Saleh, the judge who pronounced the annulment of the
June 12, 1993 presidential election, is dead.
Details of his death are sketchy but reports have it that he died in Bauchi state and would be buried in his hometown of Azare,
still in Bauchi, on Thursday evening.
Until his death, he held the title of “Mutawallen” of
Katagum emirate in Bauchi. He was the chief judge of the federal capital
territory (FCT) high court.
June 12, 1993 election was adjudged as one of the most
credible in the history of the country.
MKO Abiola, the Social Democratic Party candidate, was
leading Bashir Tofa, his National Republican Convention rival, by a wide margin
but the exercise was cancelled ahead of the final announcement of results.
This threw the country into months of chaos as protesters
hit the streets, calling on Ibrahim Babangida, then the military president, to
step down.
Babaginda had eventually stepped aside, while Ernest
Shonekan took over as interim president but Sani Abacha, the late military
dictator, overthrew Shonekan less than three months later.
Abiola was later arrested by the regime of Abacha and he
died in detention.
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