Abiola Was Denied Proper Medical Attention – Family Fires Back At Abubakar Abdulsalami

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The family of late Chief MKO Abiola, disagreed with former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), over his claims that late Moshood Abiola, fell ill in detention and died.

Recall that NewsBreak reported Abubakar in an interview dismissed speculations that Abiola died after he drank tea, maintained he was ill in detention and when rushed to the hospital lost to the illness.

In the news, Jamiu, one of the children of Abiola, said the former head of state denied their father proper medical attention, hence his death.

He said: “This incident happened over 24 years ago. Gen Abdulsalami is much older. I used to think that age would come with more honesty, but this is obviously not the case here.

“He said that unlike late Gen Sani Abacha he made arrangements for the family of my father to see him. Can anyone, first of all, ask him why it took almost a month for any family member to see him? Other political prisoners were being released all along but yet a visit was too much to ask for.

“When we speak of death, one can be liable in two ways. If you kill a person directly like in the case of my mother who, as you know, was shot by Sergeant Rogers acting on behalf of the then military government.

“Or if you kill someone indirectly by allowing the person to die as in the case of my father during Gen Abdulsalami.

“Trying to pin down my father’s death on poison would be a waste of time since there was an autopsy report and it did not state poison as the cause of his death even though there is still a possibility.

“But my father did have heart problems and the head of state knew that. The general public knew. Even those who saw him the night before his death said he was not well so why was he not given proper medical attention?”

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