Tunji Bosun, AbeokutaDr. Doyin Okupe, former Senior Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, said former President Olusegun Obasanjo would have been misunderstood if he had attempted to honour his kinsman, the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola. Okupe claimed that only a respected northerner who enjoys the respect of his kinsmen like President Muhammadu Buhari could honour Abiola and his action would not be greeted with criticism. READ ALSO: June 12: Fayose slams Obasanjo, commends Buhari for honouring MKO AbiolaThe public affairs analyst said “One, it is not all that is known that should be said by an elderly person’. When they started Sharia in Zamfara, Obasanjo publicly endorsed it and allowed it. The efforts late MKO Abiola made to unite all tribes cannot be undermined.

Source: Punch June 13, 2019 15:55 UTC