One of the wives of late Chief MKO Abiola, Zainab Duke-Abiola has disclosed how armed robbers waylaid the late business mogul and herself on his way to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
She said that on sighting her husband, the robbers hailing him and prostrating endlessly.
Queen Zainab Duke-Abiola who also the Akasoba of Kalabari in the Niger Delta told SaharaReporters that one of the robbers became a governor while the other 2 got elected into the House of Representatives.
According to her, “Abiola was unique and different, that’s why people miss him. There was a day we were going to visit the Olubadan of Ibadan. We were with some Americans, the Americans are still alive, I was newly married to him. Very newly married, just a few months into our marriage. And we were going to the palace, on the way, do you know right in front of us, we saw robbers robbing people. I just started praying and the Americans were shivering.
“But when chief saw them, he said he was not turning back or running away. He told the driver to keep driving towards them. On getting near them, they saw the Rolls Royce and they started shouting, “MKO is our man o, Man of the people.
“Do you know they kept their guns down ? Do you know they laid down flat ? I am telling you what you won’t hear from anyone else except me,, the Americans and the driver. They started shout ‘baba ooo Baba oooo Baba ooooo,’ so Chief came out and gave them money. He told them they were nice young persons and shouldn’t be involved in crime. They told him if there two or three of him in the country, they wouldn’t involve in crime. They told their victims to go, some of the victims of the victims told Chief they didn’t have transport means, so Chief gave the robbers and victims money.
“The Americans were surprised as well, I too was happy. Chief told them to go back to school and come to his house anytime they needed money. One of those people came the governor of a Yoruba State, he is alive, about two or so became House of Representatives members. Why are they not repeating this story, were they not fans at that point ?
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