The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu
has posted a photo of him and other reporters interviewing the Late Chief MKO Abiola the acclaimed winner of 1993 presidential election.
Shehu in the post said that Chief MKO Abiola came to Kano to campaign in 1993, and was in Triumph Publishing Company.
He said: ‘When the late Chief MKO Abiola came to Kano to campaign in 1993, his first stop was my office as General Manager, Triumph Publishing Company.
Anambra: I’ll revamp 629 PHCs, clinics if elected into office as Governor – Ekwueme’s Daughter
‘He dropped his Agbada on a chair in my office then refreshed himself. He faced reporters in an interview and addressed the staff and other admirers on his mission in our premises as shown in the picture.
‘Dr Faruk Umar, seen in the picture with me listening to the late elected PRESIDENT of Nigeria was himself a beneficiary of MKO’s philanthropic activities.
‘He paid the money needed by Faruk to finish his doctoral studies overseas. Naturally, Faruk who was my own teacher in college offered himself as a frontline campaigner.’
