President Muhammadu Buhari on June 12, 2018 tendered a national apology to the family of late Chief Moshood Abiola for the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Thisday newspaper reported. Abiola who was the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, was believed to have won the election which was annulled by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

At the conferment of national honours on Abiola, his running mate Babagana Kingibe and late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Buhari also tendered national apologies to all those who struggled for the actuallisation of the election, including journalists, politicians and other stakeholders.