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1.Chief MKO Abiola: Presidential candidate of SDP and winner of the annulled election. On June 11, 1994 Abiola at the Epetedo area of Lagos, declared himself the democratically elected President of Nigeria. He was subsequently arrested and detained. He died in detention 2.Mrs. Kudirat Abiola: M.K.O’s Abiola wife who took on the crusade of mobilizing global support for the release of her husband from detention. She was assassinated on June 4,1996 in Lagos while her husband was being detained by the Nigerian Government 3.General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua: A former second-in-command during military rule, he became a politician after retirement. He was caught up in the June 12, 1993 struggle and later arrested for allegedly plotting a coup and sentenced to death. His death sentence was commuted to life in imprisonment. He died in captivity 4. Pa Alfred Rewane: He was a financier of NADECO, the coalition that fought for the renascent of democracy in Nigeria. He was murdered on October 6, 1995 at his residence in Ikeja, Lagos 5.Chief Anthony Enahoro: As NADECO chairman, that fought the late dictator Gen Sani Abacha, Enahoro played an active role in the struggle for the return of democracy. He also chaired the Movement for National Reformation and Pro-National Conference Organisation (PRONACO). 6.Chief Abraham Adesanya: He was one of the leaders of NADECO and a fierce critic of the Babangida administration for annulling June 12 presidential election. He escaped an assassination bid on 14 January 1997, carried out by agents of the Abacha junta. 7.Commodore Dan Suleiman: he was one of the founders of NADECO and was forced into exile due to his opposition to Abacha’s dictatorship. 8.Chief Arthur Nwankwo: He was a Nigerian author, publisher, and former vice-chairman of NADECO. He was detained on June 3, 1998, and was released upon the sudden death of Abacha in the same month. 9.Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife: The former Anambra State governor who died in December 2023 was among NADECO members who played key roles in the struggle for the rebirth of democracy in Nigeria. 10.Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu: Kanu, a former Lagos State military governor, joined the pro-democracy movement after his retirement. He played a leading role in the agitation for the actualization of the annulled 12 June 1993 presidential election and became chairman of NADECO in 2013

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