Nigeria ex-ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo spoke on the reason for the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election by former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
There was a belief among Nigerians that the standard bearer of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, the late Chief MKO Abiola won the poll.
In his comment at the centenary celebration of Baptist Boys High School (BBHS), Abeokuta, Ogun State, the traditional chief cited envy as the reason the school failed to produce another president. Abiola is an old boy of the school.
“If not for Nigerian bad belle, MKO Abiola would have been president and with me as president, we would have needed one more old student of BBHS to be president for us to permanently locate it in BBHS after three times. And that is a challenge for up-and-coming generations of old boys.”
The former president attributed his success to the moral virtues and sound education he received during his time at BBHS.
In his lecture, he said: “Eyin Ni Iwe Wa: You Are Our Epistle” noted that the school moulded the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, MKO Abiola, former judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Prince Bola Ajibola, among others, into what they all became in life.
The occasion was organised by the Old Boys Association of the BBHS.
The citadel of learning had produced Awolowo who graduated in 1928; Ajibola in 1955; Abiola was among the 1956 set, while Obasanjo left the school in 1957.
Obasanjo furthered that aside education, the centenarian school had over the years implanted great virtues in its students.
In his final submission, Obansajo advised young alumna of the college not to desist from advancing the moral virtues and discipline the school is over the years reputed for.
