Word: moshood
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Dates: during 1993-1993
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...country with an arbitrary hand since 1985. He has repeatedly promised to restore the democratic government Nigerians believe they deserve; just as often he has gone back on his word. Since he annulled the results of a presidential election in June won by one of his handpicked candidates, Moshood Abiola, on the ground of alleged electoral fraud, Babangida has convinced the public that he will never willingly step aside...
...longtime dictator, has said he will form an "interim" government of soldiers and civilians instead of restoring a civilian government on Aug. 27 as he promised. In a strong, silent demand that the general recognize the results of the June election, which was apparently won by his former friend Moshood Abiola, virtually the entire capital of Lagos shut down for a three-day strike. Abiola was in Washington hoping to persuade the U.S. to pressure Babangida to step down...
...coup eight years ago, he promised an orderly return to democratic rule. He created two political parties and wrote their platforms: the Social Democratic Party tilted a bit to the left, the National Republican Convention leaned the same degree to the right. He handpicked their presidential candidates. But when Moshood Abiola, the millionaire industrialist candidate of the Social Democrats, won the election and insisted that he be sworn in as President on Aug. 27, Babangida voided the vote, claiming widespread fraud and vote tampering...
...annulled last month's election while the votes were still being counted. The general has repeatedly backed away from earlier promises to return his country to civilian rule. He says he will step down at the end of August, but refuses to hand over the government to businessman Moshood Abiola, the clear but unofficial winner of the June election...