On this day in 1998, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (GCFR), popularly known as M.| K.| O.| Abiola died unexpectedly on the day of his release.| His death came 29 days after the death of General Sani Abacha, the military leader who had imprisoned M.| K.| O.| Abiola.|
While meeting with a group of American diplomats including Thomas Pickering and Susan Rice at a government guest house in Abuja, Abiola, the winner of the Nigerian presidential election of 12 June 1993, collapsed and died.| The election results were annulled by the then military president, General Ibrahim Babangida.|
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Rice had served Abiola tea shortly before her collapse and despite evidence to the contrary, many believe she poisoned Abiola.| However, an independent autopsy conducted and witnessed by doctors and pathologists from the Nigerian government, the Nigerian Medical Association, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States found significant evidence of long-standing heart disease.
Abiola, who was detained by the military
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