There would have been no crisis on June 12, 1993, if the rule of law had prevailed- Fashola

Former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola has said late MKO Abiola would have been declared winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election if due process had been upheld, re-echoing the importance of the rule of law in Nigeria’s democracy.

Fashola made this assertion as a guest on the June 12 edition of The Platform, organised by the Covenant Nation in Lagos on Thursday.

He added, “If the rule of law had prevailed, there would have been no crisis on June 12. MKO would have been president, and perhaps all of his promises about a farewell to poverty would have happened,” he said, adding that the rule of law was important to the advancement of any society.”

Fashola faulted the annulment and described it as a violation of the rule of law.

“I want us to see the rule of law in terms of law and order. That is the perspective that I want to share,” said the former Lagos governor.