Alhaja Kudirat Abiola (born Kudirat Olayinka Adeyemi), popularly known simply as Kudirat Abiola was born in 1951 and died on June 4, 1996.

She was a Nigerian pro-democracy campaigner. Kudirat was assassinated whilst her husband, Moshood Abiola, was being detained by the Nigerian Government.

He was the winning candidate in elections that had taken place in Nigeria in 1993 and was arrested shortly after they were summarily annulled by the ruling junta.

Her husband was believed to have been the winning candidate in the Nigerian elections that had taken place in 1993, and he was arrested shortly after they were annulled by the government of the dictator Ibrahim Babangida.

The killing was the subject of an investigation and trial many years later. According to accounts, the murder was ordered and then carried out by six men.

Abiola died in her car from machine gun fire. Her driver also died. Her personal assistant, who was later accused of being involved with her assassins, was in the car but was not hurt.

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