My dad’s autopsy inconclusive, says MKO Abiola’s daughter (Punch)

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, a daughter of the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, has said the autopsy conducted to unravel the circumstances surrounding her father’s death is inconclusive. Abiola-Costello said though the report was released, it failed to confirm that her father was killed in a controversial circumstance. The founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy and Executive President of the Women in Africa, said this in an interview with The Interview Magazine published on Friday. Asked about the insinuations that Abiola’s death in detention was not from natural causes and if his family tried to independently verify how and what he died of, she said, “An autopsy was conducted that did not find anything suspicious but considering the fact that not all poisons can be traced, I feel that their report is not conclusive.” Read more