Dressed in traditional blue clothing, human rights leader Gani Fawehinmi (right) attempts to address protesters who had gathered at a bus stop in Yaba for a banned anti-junta demonstration to mark the fifth anniversary of the cancellation of the June 12, 1993, presidential election as well as the rejection of the new military regime in Nigeria.
On his right, Femi Falana (Falz’s father) (in green shirt), lawyer and prominent human rights activist, and on his left, with dark glasses, Dupe Onitiri Abiola, one of the wives of Moshood Abiola, presumed winner of the Dal competition, then in Prison for the 1993 elections. Fawehinmi was arrested by armed police along with Abiola and nine activists present at the demonstration. Several people were injured during the operation.
