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JUNE 12! Abiola’s son, Kola, receives father’s national honour [Photo]

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Kola, the eldest son of late Chief Moshood Abiola, on Tuesday formally received the national honour of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic on behalf of his late father.

President Muhammadu Buhari presented the insignia to him after the citation of the late politician was read at the venue of the well-attended event holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was among the personalities conspicuously absent at the Tuesday posthumous investiture of Chief Moshood Abiola as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic.

Obasanjo, however, sent an apology to the event holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said he was currently engaged outside the country.

Gen. Ibrahim Babangida who annulled the June 12, 1993, presidential election was also conspicuously absent.

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He also sent an apology, attributing his inability to attend to health issues.

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, was also absent.

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