By Kola Abiola, the eldest son of late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has returned to active politics to contest the presidency in 2023.
On Thursday, Abiola formally joined the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and was received by the party’s National Chairman, Falalu Bello at its National Secretariat in Abuja.
Speaking about his decision to return to politics after 27 years, he said: “I particularly picked to come back into politics through the PRP for some good reasons.
“I have gone back to the history of Nigeria to look at the party that truly represents Nigeria.
“I have gone back and I have found out that the oldest living party is the PRP; it still holds those ideals of what Nigeria and democratic practice should be like.”
Abiola said he choose the PRP because it is a party that was started by the people and truly for the people.
“I have come back to PRP to show Nigerians that not too long ago, we did things in the right way and the new entities that have come together nowadays forget that there was Nigeria that did things right,” he said.
“I am one that believes in an equal opportunity be it employment, be it business, equally in politics and I believe this party represents all of these.
“Everybody should have equal opportunity, irrespective of age, religion and ethnicity and that is represented here.”
He also spoke about the low participation of Nigerian youths in politics, harping on the need to return the country to its true owners — young people.
“The first thing I want to do is to disrupt the political process, to disabuse the minds of the youth of godfatherism.
“The way to do this is to give the true owners of Nigeria, that is, the 18 to 36 years age group that makes up over 75 per cent of the population, an opportunity for their voices to be heard and their numbers to count,” Abiola added.
