Former Nigerian Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.) says late Chief Moshood Abiola was not poisoned and died of natural causes. In reports drawing on comments he makes as part of his autobiography, Abubakar dismisses long-running allegations that Abiola’s death involved poisoning. He points to an autopsy that he says was carried out by pathologists from four countries. According to Abubakar, the findings of that multi-country autopsy attribute Abiola’s death to natural causes, including a heart-related cause described as a heart attack. The claims are presented as a direct rebuttal to the poisoning allegation. Separately, one outlet reports that Abubakar makes the disclosure in Chapter 21 of his 264-page, 27-chapter memoir titled “Call of Duty,” launched in Abuja. Across the coverage, the central point is that Abubakar maintains that the medical conclusion from the autopsy rules out poisoning and supports natural death as the cause.