The group said this on Sunday at a press conference in Abuja
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The Special Roundtable session, which creates auspices for honouring real Heroes and Heroines of the June 12 pro democracy struggle in Nigeria, has also been designed to host leading presidential aspirants contesting in the 2019 elections in Nigeria
It is inhuman for anybody who is enjoying today’s democracy to be reading shaming innuendoes to Buhari’s redemption of Abiola’s memory. Whether the reverse injustice against Abiola is done in desperation, illegal, unconstitutional, belated or is a suave way to woo the Yoruba, President Buhari has been able to price open the past in order to heal the present and look forward to a better future
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari made the declaration in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday.
The group, led by Chief Edwin Clark, made this known when the delegation visited the Senate leadership
Buhari, in a message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in Abuja on Tuesday, joined family members, friends and professional colleagues in celebrating the elder statesman.
This emphasis on ideology, party politics, and Awoism is important as an entry point into the interrogation of Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s politics
Clarifying issues after the inaugural public intervention of the emergent pan-Nigerian Movement, the group Head of Secretariat, Olawale Okunniyi, said at the weekend in Lagos that a high powered consultative team, led by elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has already initiated a major tactical consultation across Nigeria to forge a negotiated consensus among critical stakeholders on how best to restructure Nigeria
The forum, represented by Chiefs Edwin Clark, Albert Horsefall (South-South); Chief John Nwodo, Prof. Joe Irukwu (South-East); and Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Chief Ayo Adebanjo (South-West), spoke in Lagos at a press conference titled: “Only Restructuring will Ensure the Unity, Peace and Development of Nigeria”
The Chairman, Organising Committee for the rally, Dr. Kunle Olajide, announced the development when he addressed newsmen on Sunday
Afenifere said it would have allowed Osinbajo just take back his words as a politician, but for the disingenuous attempt made in the process of denial to cast one of its leading lights, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, in bad light
A statement by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, on Tuesday said at no time did the Acting President say that those asking for restructuring were political jobbers looking for appointments.
The leaders admonished the Federal Government to immediately disarm all herdsmen in the country and bring an end to the terror unleashed on farmers by the nomads
The Chairman of the group, Prof. Anya O. Anya, while addressing newsmen shortly after the group concluded its meeting, said the need to stick together as one indivisible people was the way to go
The clash was between some Yoruba and Hausa people
Shortly before adjourning for lunch, a delegate representing the Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria, J.I. Ebinum, moved a motion for the lunch to be monetised
The meeting, attended by the likes of Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Olu Falae, said it had become mandatory for the country to practice true federalism, with each region granted autonomy