THE
family of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 Presidential election, Chief Moshood
Abiola, has forgiven those involved in the murder of his wife, Kudirat, one of
his sons, Lekan, has declared.
He spoke at the weekend during at the Ikeja Lagos residence of
the late business mogul.
Family members and children of the late Abiola observed the
Sallah celebration with laughter and music.
The atmosphere was brightened by the birthday ceremony organised
by Abiola’s second son from late Kudirat, Alhaji Jamiu Abiola.
Two of Jamiu’s children, Amne and Assydeen, turned five and one
respectively.
Lekan Abiola, the eldest son from the late Kudirat reacted to
the July 12 acquittal of former Chief Security Officer (CS0) to General Sani
Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha and a former Protocol Officer to the late MKO,
Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, from the death sentence earlier proclaimed on them
for killing his mother.
He said: “We have forgiven them though the judgment goes a long
way to show that this country needs a lot of help and divine intervention.
There is not much we can do except pray that God comes to the aid of this
country.”
He added: “As Muslims, we have to accept whatever happens to us,
the good and the bad. My mother was killed, she has gone, she is not going to
come back for any reason again, whoever was involved would receive their
punishment one day no doubt about that.
“We have, however, left the judgment to God; we do not have any
animosity towards anybody. If according to human law, the Nigerian law, they
are said not to be guilty, then so be it.
“One may escape human judgment but the judgment of God is still
there. We harbour no anger any longer.
“When we first heard the judgment, we felt bad, but with the
passing of days and then the fasting period, we have left everything to God.”
Source: The Nation
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