Exit of Dahiru Saleh, Judge Who Annulled June 12 Election Announced

Babajide Okeowo
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Justice Dahiru Saleh, the judge who pronounced the annulment of June 12, 1993, Presidential Election reputed to have been won by the Late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola has died at the age of 81.

The former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has also been buried in accordance with the Muslim rites at his hometown in Azare, Bauchi State. Saleh was reportedly buried at the palace of the Emir of Azare around 4:30 pm.

The June 12, 1993 election was the first democratic presidential elections held in Nigeria since the 1983 military coup and Abiola widely known by his name abbreviation M.K.O contested on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and defeated his opponent Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC).
Abiola, according to African Elections Database polled 8,341,309 (58.36%) of the total votes cast while Tofa polled 5,952,087 (41.64%).

The results were later annulled by the Ibrahim Babangida military regime over allegations of corruption.

Cancellation of the election triggered off a wave of crisis that culminated into another military ruler, Sani Abacha, taking over later in the year via a coup.

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