On 23 June, 1994, business mogul and politician, Chief Moshood Abiola was illegally arrested. He was held in solitary confinement without trial for the next four years by the brutish, blood-thirsty, murderous and kleptomaniac administration of General Sani Abacha. This generated popular sentiments and struggles against military rule.
The June 12 before June 12: A trajectory of the Nigerian struggle, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf
