Tinubu expected at Independence Day documentary premiere on Abiola
President Bola Tinubu is expected to attend the national command premiere of “MKO”, a documentary about the life and political legacy of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. The screening is scheduled for October 1 at Lagos’s renovated National Theatre, ahead of a nationwide cinema release the following day.
President Bola Tinubu is expected to attend the national command premiere of a documentary about the life and political legacy of the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola on Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day. The event is scheduled for October 1 at the renovated Wole Soyinka National Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos. Tinubu is expected to arrive in Lagos after returning from a working visit to Europe.
The feature-length documentary, titled “MKO”, examines the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Abiola’s subsequent detention and the pro-democracy struggle that followed. It was directed by Nigerian-American filmmaker Ose Oyamendan and premiered internationally at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival in the United Kingdom in June 2026. The film includes archival footage and first-hand accounts from figures connected to the period, including former military heads of state Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and President Tinubu.
Nile Entertainment is distributing the documentary. It is scheduled to enter commercial cinemas nationwide on October 2, one day after the Independence Day screening. The source material describes the film as a record of Abiola’s political legacy and the events surrounding the June 12 election, but does not provide further details about the premiere programme or attendance beyond the president’s expected presence.
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