#OnThisDay in 1994, Chief M.K.O. Abiola made history. Standing before a crowd in Epetedo, Lagos, he declared himself president of Nigeria—nearly one year after the June 12, 1993 election many still believe he won.
Known today as the Epetedo Declaration, Abiola’s bold announcement was a direct challenge to military rule and the annulment of an election widely regarded as free and fair. It was a defining act of resistance that would cost him his freedom—and ultimately his life.
More than three decades on, the echoes of June 12 still shape Nigeria’s democratic journey.
How should history remember M.K.O. Abiola?
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