The Washington Post, July 8th, 1998
Chief Moshood Abiola, 60, the Nigerian politician who died of an apparent heart attack July 7, was a businessman with modest roots who became an unlikely champion of Nigerian democracy. On the basis of 1993 elections, which were annulled as he was poised to win, Chief Abiola proclaimed himself president in June 1994 and was placed in detention. Hopes for his release had surged after the June 8 death of Nigeria's military ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, who had ordered Chief Abiola's detention and was preparing to stand unopposed in August presidential elections. But up to the last minute in negotiati...
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