MKO Abiola’ Son Declares For 2023 Presidential Race

Kola Abiola, eldest son of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, has declared his intention to contest for the 2023 presidential election.

TRIXX NG learnt he declared under the platform of People’s Redemption Party (PRP) on Thursday while being formally accepted by the national chairman, Falalu Bello, at the PRP National Secretariat in Abuja.

“Today makes my formal inroad after 27 years back into politics”, just as he said that the only party that could give the youth such opportunity to make their number count was the PRP.

“I came 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.

“It is a party that started by the people and truly for the people. It is a party that has showed first, as its priority, internal democracy.

“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.

“I am one that believes in an equal opportunity employer 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.”

Abiola who raised concerns over the low participation of youths into politics, said “We have a youth population that has been caught out of the system, the political process.