Tundun, daughter of the late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner
of the 1993 election, has criticised her sister, Hafsat, for using their
father’s name to promote the presidential bid of Yahaya Bello, governor of
Kogi.
On Saturday, Bello declared his intention to run for
president in 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Kogi governor’s campaign slogan is ‘Hope 2023’, which is
similar to the slogan used by Abiola during the 1993 presidential election
campaign.
Bello also appointed Hafsat Abiola-Costello, one of Abiola’s daughters, as the director-general of his presidential campaign organisation.
Speaking in an interview on ARISE TV, Hafsat said she
accepted the appointment because the Kogi governor shares some qualities with
that of her father.
But reacting to the development on Monday while co-anchoring
Morning Show, a programme on ARISE TV, Tundun said her sister does not have the
right to “exploit” their father’s name for Bello’s benefit.
“I have come to expect certain things even from that
individual. Just because it is not surprising doesn’t mean that it is not
staggeringly inappropriate,” she said.
“I’m referring to my
half-sister, Hafsat, who is the DG of the Yahaya Bello campaign and her making
comparisons to my dad. There are a lot of political players in his team; not
one of them feels the need to throw their fathers under the bus for the sake of
their principal.
“Come out and talk about your principal, his antecedents,
his plans for the future of Nigeria and leave daddy out of it.
“It is not her right because it is not her name. It is our
name and it is also a name of future generations of Abiola yet unborn who
should be proud of a legacy.
“My father was tortured because UN does consider solitary
confinement as torture. He was tortured then murdered and has left his legacy —
only for it to be abused in this fashion.
“Everybody should
just leave his name out of it, especially dishonesty, false equivalence, and
cynical exploitation of a genuine struggle. It is nauseating.”
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