A columnist, Festus Adedayo made this assertion in a published write-up titled: “General Abubakar: Was MKO’s death really natural?”
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The movement, in a joint condolence message signed by their spokesperson, Olawale Okunniyi, said the sad exit of the NADECO leader on the posthumous birthday of the late Chief MKO Abiola, the winner of the June 12 presidential elections, was a loss too heavy for his associates in the progressive movement to bear.
”Following the recent attacks on some communities by some recalcitrant heartless hoodlums, leading to the killings of several innocent citizens of our dear state, Matawalle has directed the cancellation of the June 12, Democracy Day celebration”, Dosara said in a statement in Gusau, on Saturday.
A statement by Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, said the President, who participated virtually in the event to mark the 69th birthday of the former two-term Governor of Lagos State, commended the celebrant for always being an advocate of unity and cohesion in Nigeria.