Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola

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Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and pro-democracy politician widely regarded as the presumed winner of the annulled 1993 presidential election and a symbol of the country’s struggle for democracy.

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Label Occurrences
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola canonical 5
Abiola 1
M. K. O. Abiola 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
democracy activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
commemoratedBy Democracy Day in Nigeria ⓘ
commemoratedOn June 12 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British Nigeria ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-08-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-07-07 ⓘ
detainedBy Nigerian military government ⓘ
detentionStartDate 1994 ⓘ
educatedAt Glasgow University ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
electionContested 1993 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
employer ITT Nigeria ⓘ
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
familyName Abiola ⓘ
fieldOfStudy accounting ⓘ
founded Concord newspaper group ⓘ
givenName Kashimawo ⓘ
Moshood ⓘ
Olawale ⓘ
honor posthumous national recognition in Nigeria ⓘ
knownAs presumed winner of the annulled 1993 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
movement pro-democracy movement in Nigeria ⓘ
name Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ⓘ
notableFor 1993 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
numberOfChildren over 20 ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
owned Concord Press of Nigeria ⓘ
placeOfBirth Abeokuta ⓘ
placeOfDeath Abuja ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-democracy ⓘ
politicalParty Social Democratic Party of Nigeria ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of ITT Nigeria ⓘ
ranForOffice President of Nigeria ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
shortName M. K. O. Abiola ⓘ
spouse Kudirat Abiola ⓘ
Simbiat Atinuke Abiola ⓘ
symbolOf Nigeria’s struggle for democracy ⓘ
workedAs chartered accountant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moshood Abiola National Stadium → namedAfter → Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ⓘ
Sani Abacha military government → notablePoliticalPrisoner → Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ⓘ
Are Ona Kakanfo → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ⓘ
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola → name → Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ⓘ
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola → shortName → M. K. O. Abiola ⓘ
linked to: Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola → familyName → Abiola ⓘ
linked to: Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Ibrahim Babangida → electionWinnerAnnulled → Moshood Abiola ⓘ
linked to: Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Ernest Shonekan interim government → keyOppositionFigure → Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ⓘ