Abdulsalami and I met briefly to discuss transition shortly after MKO’s death – Falae reacts to Bamaiyi’s book

by Dolapo Adelana

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and presidential candidate in the 1999 election has said the death of Chief MKO Abiola stalled a transitional meeting that the then Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, invited him for in Abuja.

Falae said this on Monday while reacting to a book, ‘Vindication of a General’, written by former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi.

He said there were reports that he had been killed alongside Abiola on that ‘terrible day’.

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He added that he met with Abdusalami for a short time after Abiola’s death.

Falae said, “Yes it is true that I was invited by General Abdulsalami through General Bamaiyi. Bamaiyi actually phoned me. Unfortunately, before I met General Abdulsalami, the news broke that Abiola was dead. It was the day I got to Abuja and before I saw Abdulsalami that the news was out that Abiola had died.

“So, it was a terrible day. Although I did meet General Abdulsalami late in the night on that day, there was no real meeting. We just met and in the light of what had happened, nothing serious took place, because of the bad news that happened in the afternoon.

“Abdulsalami already scheduled the meeting with me before the issue of Abiola’s death came and I had already physically arrived in Abuja. On that evening, I just told him that the transition should be meaningful, free, fair and acceptable to the people of Nigeria. We did not have any discussion in the real sense.”

Falae added that there was a possibility that a transition plan was already in place without Abiola’s knowledge.

“That is an inference that any right-thinking person could make from the move. But let me say that Abdulsalami did not ask me to contest,” he said.

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  1. So much wrong have been done secretely.

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