Alhaja Aminat Irawo, though, not in any way related to the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola popularly known as MKO, was close to MKO and his late wife, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.

Alhaja Amina Irawo made it known to National Monitor Media, during this year’s June 12 celebration.

That she has made it a point of duty to honour the late MKO Abiola every June 12, and lay wreaths on his tomb.

This she has been doing since the death of Abiola in 1998.

On June 12, 2021 the house of the late MKO Abiola was deserted by people, and no event held in the house unlike what used to happen in the past due to what many said was caused by agitations and planned protests in some quarters.

On this day, when our correspondent got to the house of the late MKO, he only met security officers including police officers and men of the Nigerian Security & Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

On gaining enterance into the premises, he met the national Founder/President of House of Politics, Alhaja Aminat Irawo.

Alhaja Irawo revealed that she’s very happy that President Muhammadu Buhari saw the struggle of the late Abiola, and declared June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day.

Speaking on the importance of the day, Irawo said that Chief MKO Abiola was a man of the masses during his lifetime and that he was never tribalistic.

“Anyone, who recognizes what Abiola did for the country, will always remember him.

“In those days, Abiola was the richest man in Africa, and Nigeria was acclaimed as the giant of Africa.
L-R: Mr. Niyi Irawo; Founder/President, House of Politics, Alhaja Aminat Irawo; Comrade Adekunle Jinadu; and Mrs. Shalewa Lawal lay wreaths on the tomb of the late MKO on Saturday.

“Then the richest man in Africa laid down his life for democracy. He was in the prison for four years, and he died in 1998 for the struggle to acctualisd his mandate as the man we voted for as our President on June 12, 1993.

“He lost his wife, Kudirat Abiola and a lot of activists also lost their lives in the struggle,” she said.

Alhaja Irawo attributed the desolation of the house of Abiola to the fact that some people wanted Nigeria to fall.

She is also of the opinion and belief that Nigeria would not separate neither would it fall, and that the country will remain one nation.

“Those greedy elements, who want Nigeria to dis-integrate will not succeed.

“They are the people that did not allow many people come for the yearly June 12 remembrance of the late MKO Abiola in his house in Ikeja.

“Even MKO in his grave would not want Nigeria to break. He would never want Nigeria’s disintegration.

“As long as we have only one President, Muhammadu Buhari, he’s the only one we will listen to. Any call from any other person should be totally ignored,” she said.

She added that whoever was agitating for Yoruba or Biafran nation should be ignored, and that it’s only Buhari that could tell people to stay at home that they would obey.

According to her, Buhari was voted in as the nation’s president, therefore, everybody should wait for their turn, and they should allow him finish his tenure in 2023.

Alhaja Aminat Irawo was later accompanied by her husband, Mr. Niyi Irawo, Comrade Adekunle Jinadu and Mrs. Shalewa Lawal to lay wreaths on the tomb of the late MKO.