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A erstwhile Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, rtd, has disclosed that MKO Abiola was not poisoned, insisting that an autopsy conducted by pathologists from 4 countries attributed his decease to earthy causes.
Abdulsalami made the disclosure successful Chapter 21 of his 264-page, 27-chapter autobiography titled ‘Call of Duty’, launched connected Saturday successful Abuja.
The presumption of the publication was held to people the erstwhile Head of State’s 84th day and was attended by President Bola Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima arsenic Special Guest of Honour.
Writing connected the events starring to Abiola’s decease connected July 7, 1998, Abdulsalami Abubakar said the Abiola collapsed during a gathering with a visiting American delegation comprising Mr Tom Pickering, past US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, and Ms Susan Rice, past Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
“I bash not judge Abiola was poisoned. The household requested an autopsy and we assembled American, British, Nigerian and Canadian pathologists to behaviour it. The autopsy study attributed his decease to earthy causes,” Abdulsalami wrote.
The erstwhile Army General revealed that Abiola had been managing pre-existing aesculapian conditions, including hypertension and a bosom ailment, arsenic acold backmost arsenic 1994 erstwhile helium was archetypal detained...
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