Abiola was friends with IBB and supported him with finance during the ouster of Buhari (I will shed more light on this as promised).
The IBB coup that toppled the draconian Buhari regime on August 27, 1985, the coup was welcomed by NIgerians
After almost eight years of dribbling Nigerians (Chief Bisi Onabanjo nicknamed Babangida Maradona, after the famous Argentine footballer), IBB finally announced that he would hand over power to an elected successor come August 27, 1993, the eighth anniversary of his coup.
Because they were friends, Abiola believed him despite glaring evidence that Babangida was insincere.
You guys were too young to remember how Andy Uba and his brother Chris kidnapped a sitting governor at gunpoint because that governor was not loyal to the godfather (Chris Uba).
Even the President was quiet about it
Might be the most mafia moment this country ever witnessed
Most don't remember or were too young
It was July 10, 2003.
The Governor got to his office by 10am, by 11am, he saw his ADC being pushed out of his office by AIG Raphael Ige alongside a fully armed DSP.
The Governor senses trouble but keeps calm
Usually when a Police person comes into the office, they salute. AIG Ige (Now late) didn't do that.
He sits on the couch at the office and tells the Governor "Oga you have to leave that table and stop that work".