Ose Anenih, son of the late elder statesman and former chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Tony Anenih, has rejected recent claims by the Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, over his father’s role in the June 12 saga.
In a statement on X (Formerly Twitter) on Monday titled “REBUTTAL: IN DEFENCE OF HISTORY AND MY FATHER,” Anenih described Onanuga’s portrayal of Anenih as “untrue” and accused him of distorting historical facts in an official presidential communication.
“Dear Bayo, your account of my father’s involvement in June 12 is, to put it politely, untrue.
“It is disappointing that you chose to use uncouth language to describe Chief Tony Anenih, and in an official communication from ‘the Presidency,’ no less,” Ose said.
Onanuga had, in response to former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido’s criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s role in the June 12 struggle, accused both Lamido and Anenih of aligning with the military and the then-opposition NRC to sabotage the mandate of the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola.
But Ose said Onanuga’s take ignored the facts, noting that his father was among those who stood up to Abiola after the election annulment.
He said, ”Chief Abiola initially fled the country after the annulment of the June 12 presidential elections by Gen. Babangida.
