President Buhari had on June 12 conferred Nigeria’s second highest award, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on Kingibe as Abiola’s running mate
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Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, gave the commendation in a write-up on Sunday, entitled: “June 12 Tsunami and the Ones Who Won’t Forgive Buhari.”
Otherwise, how else can anyone describe the deceitful and hypocritical action taken by him when he renamed June 12, the new Democracy Day after celebrating this year’s democracy day on May 29, 2018 and the presumed winner of that inconclusive election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, conferred with the highest national honour in the land, the GCFR, an honour reserved only for former Heads of States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
This was contained in a statement on Friday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha
Odumakin also said the Senate was right in trying to make the Independent National Electoral Commission to announce the results of the 1993 presidential election and declare Abiola and Babagana Kingibe president and vice-president respectively
Buhari had on Wednesday in a statement he personally signed directed that as from next year, May 29 will no longer be observed as Democracy Day and that the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, be honoured with the ward of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic
The PDP, in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiya, said it smacks of hypocrisy and political desperation ahead of the 2019 presidential election
This was contained in a statement personally signed by President Buhari on Wednesday evening
According to the highly authoritative online newspaper, Kingibe was quizzed for two days over the issue last week
The stand-off began on Monday and was still on as at press time on Tuesday morning (today)
A press release by Emmanuel Onwubiko and Zainab Ahmed, its coordinator and media officer respectively stated that after curious review of recent developments at the NIA, HURIWA was convinced that Rufai’s appointment smacks of nepotism, injustice and fraud, given the avalanche of allegations against the man
Since its inception 32 years ago , nobody below the rank of a Director has been appointed as its head. This explains why we regard the recent appointment of Ahmed Rufai ABUBAKAR, a man who is on record to have failed to merit elevation to the rank of Director and who has retired from service to come and preside over people who are not only his seniors in rank but who fit into the order of precedence
A member of the committee said the former Acting DG, who was invited by the committee, met with the members behind closed doors
The appointment was said to have been quietly approved by President Muhammadu Buhari over the weekend