Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (often referred to as M. K. O. Abiola) (August 24, 1937?, Abeokuta - July 7, 1998, Abuja), was a Nigerian Yorùbá businessman and political figure. August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location of Abeokuta in Nigeria Abeokuta is a city of southwest Nigeria, situated at 7°8′ N 3°25′ E, on the Ogun river, 64 miles north of Lagos by railway, or 81 miles by water. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Location of Abuja in Nigeria Abuja, estimated population 1,078,700, is the capital city of Nigeria. ... The Yorùbá are the second largest ethnic group in Nigeria, after the Hausa and Fulani (21%). The Yorubas constitute approximately 21% percent of Nigerias total population, and numbering upwards of 30 million individuals throughout the region of West Africa. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ...

In the presidential elections of June 12, 1993, Abiola represented the Social Democratic Party (his running mate was Alhaji Baba Gana Kingigbe) and overwhelmingly defeated his northern (Hausa) rival, the Hausa Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention. However, the election was annulled by Ibrahim Babangida, and subsequent events led to General Sani Abacha seizing power later that year. The President of Nigeria is both head of government and head of state of Nigeria. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Social Democratic Party may refer to: Afghan Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Albania) Social Democratic Party (Andorra) Social Democratic Party of Austria Brazilian Social Democracy Party Social Democratic Party (Central African Republic) Social Democratic Party of Croatia Czech Social Democratic Party Socialdemokratiet, Denmark Social Democratic Party (East Timor) Social... Alhaji or Al-Hajj is simply a term of respect used to address a Muslim man who has completed one of the Five Pillars of Islam by going on the Hajj, or religious pilgrimage to Mecca. ... // Introduction The Hausa are a people chiefly located in northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger. ... Bashir Tofa is a Nigerian politician. ... Ibrahim Babangida General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (born August 17, 1941), popularly known as IBB, was the military ruler of Nigeria from August 1985 until his departure from office under heavy popular pressure in 1993, after his annulment of elections held that year which were widely held to have been the... Abacha General Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 - 8 June 1998) was the military dictator of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998. ...

Abiola died in captivity of a heart attack on July 7, 1998. Some of his supporters claim that his death – immediately following that of his captor, Sani Abacha – was masterminded by a conservative cabal comprising the then-ruling military government, some military apologists and the northern political forces, with the help of their southern collaborators and beneficiaries, in order to set in motion a political machinery that will eventually restore power to the north. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Augusto Pinochet (sitting) was an army general who led a military coup in Chile in 1973. ...