Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa state, says the historical June 12 election was annulled because the military did not want to pay MKO Abiola's N45bn debt.Speaking in an interview with Punch, Lamido said the military told him that the election was cancelled because if Abiola, presumed winner of the election, became president, he would have taken the money, causing the [...]
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Olisa Agbakoba, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari's decision to declare June 12 as Democracy Day.In an interview with NAN on Monday, the former president of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) said the declaration is illegal.Buhari took the decision in honour of late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.The federal [...]
Ben Nwabueze, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has faulted the June 12 declaration made by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement, he personally signed, Nwabueze described the declaration as “unconstitutional, a masterstroke of mischief and insincerity and a deceitful contrivance”.On June 6, Buhari announced the conferment of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the highest honour in the [...]
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, says the announcement of June 12 as Democracy Day, is a mere declaration of intention until the holiday act is amended.Malami said this while responding to questions from state house correspondents on whether the presidential declaration did not contravene the public holiday act.President Muhammadu Buhari had announced that June 12 had replaced May 29 as [...]
The Lagos state government on Tuesday unveiled a new statue of the late MKO Abiola.Abiola was the presumed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election.The statue was unveiled by Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor, and some embers of the Abiola family.https://twitter.com/followlasg/status/1006498871047020544 [...]
Many years ago, I was taken to the “Hall of Fame” on the inside of the Aso Villa and even if you are not serious as a citizen, when you enter the place, without being told nothing, you would wake up into living a life of meaning and purpose. When I was taken home on same day, I became more [...]
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for his recent show of “admiration” for Sani Abacha, ex-military head of state.He said Buhari cannot honour MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, while also “praising” Abacha, his (Abiola's) “tormentor”.Abacha jailed Abiola in 1994 after he declared himself president, following the annulment of the 1993 [...]
Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of late MKO Abiola, has revealed that her father practised his inauguration speech in front of a mirror in case if he was declared president.Abiola was the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election but the result was annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida.On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari conferred on him the Grand [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised for the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.He also said the honour given to late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the election, is not meant to “open old wounds”.At an event on Tuesday, Buhari conferred Abiola with the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), in honour of the late democrat.He also [...]
Ganiyat, wife of Gani Fawehinmi, late human rights activist and senior lawyer, says her husband would be happy to receive the Grand Commander Order of the Nigeria (GCON) honour if he was still alive.President Muhammadu Buhari conferred Fawehinmi with the honour — on Tuesday in Abuja — alongside Baba Gana Kingibe, MKO Abiola's running mate in the June 12 presidential [...]
Frank Kokori, leader of June 12 movement, says President Muhammadu Buhari is the “least” person expected to honour MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election.He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the investiture of Abiola with the honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR).Buhari will also be confering Baba Gana Kingibe, Abiola's running mate; and [...]
Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says those who lost out under President Muhammadu Buhari are trying to blackmail him.Shehu said this in a piece he wrote on Sunday.He said the conferment of GCFR on MKO Abiola, presumed winner of June 12 election, brought the anger of many upon Buhari.On Wednesday, Buhari announced his decision to confer on Abiola, the highest honour [...]
Bolaji Akinyemi, a professor and ex-member of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), says the honour bestowed on Moshood Abiola is not illegal.Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari honoured Abiola with the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) and declared June 12 as Democracy Day.In May 1994, democrats who pressed the military regime of Sani Abacha to step down for Abiola, formed NADECO.It [...]
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna-central, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for conferring the honour of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on late MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 election.Buhari, who announced the development on Wednesday, said June 12 will replace May 29 as democracy day.He also said Baba Gana Kingibe, Abiola’s running mate during the election, [...]
During a service at the Latter Rain Assembly in September 2016, Tunde Bakare, senior pastor of the church, urged the federal government to honour MKO Abiola.The fiery preacher said the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 election used his life as a sacrifice for the country's democracy."To God, government is a continuum. What one government does will affect subsequent governments. [...]
There are three aspects - the strategic, the political and the legal - to the Federal Government’s decision to replace May 29 with June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day, and to confer on the late Chief MKO Abiola, the highest honour in the land. Strategy: Long before now, the Buhari government had needed to review its strategy of engagement with the public, move [...]
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