On 16th of August 1983, the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) conducted a general election into gubernatorial positions across Nigeria. Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the then president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria promised Nigerians that the general elections would be free and fair but the promise turned out to be an empty one. The declaration of election results in some states came along with full-blown violence!
Crisis started brewing in Ondo State when the deputy governor, Akin Omoboriowo, could not get the approval of the governor, Adekunle Ajasin, Obafemi Awolowo and the machinery of the ruling party in the state for his governorship ambition. The United Party of Nigeria (UPN), which Obafemi Awolowo headed and which was also a major opposition party in the country, preferred that Adekunle Ajasin would go on a second term in office. Akin Omoboriowo, like any other opportunistic and ambitious politician weighed his options of staying put in the UPN…CONTINUE FULL READING>>>
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