Nov 11 2023 30 mins 1
After eight years of anticipation, and eight years of promises from General Ibrahim Babangida’s junta, Nigerians were finally about to have their say at the ballot box. In this week’s episode, we head to the polls!
What tilted the scales in favour of SDP’s MKO Abiola over NRC’s Bashir Tofa? How did local and international observers feel the June 12 election went? Was June 12 truly free and fair? Most importantly, how did this highly anticipated event turn into such a controversy?
In this episode, Wale Lawal finds some answers. Learn more at republic.com.ng/podcasts/.
