Oshiomhole Accuses Nwosu of Failing to Declare Abiola winner
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Speaking on Thursday during a Senate debate on a motion sponsored by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), Oshiomhole accused Nwosu of failing to openly declare the winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election.
Nwosu, who chaired NEC between 1989 and 1993, passed away in October 2024 at the age of 83 and is set to be buried on Saturday in his home state, Anambra.
However, Oshiomhole maintained that his role in the election annulment disqualifies him from being honoured.
“Professor Nwosu and President Babangida fooled the 18 million Nigerians who voted,” Oshiomhole said.
“If he was afraid of the gun because we were under a dictatorship, some people might say, ‘Well, there were Nigerians who protested under the gun without minding the consequences.’”
The former Edo State governor further argued that even after the end of military rule and the advent of democracy, Nwosu had opportunities to publicly affirm the victory of the presumed winner, Moshood Abiola, but failed to do so.
