It gave the advice in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, to mark the 2022 Democracy Day.
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More than any time, since the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970, the survival of the country as a united nation is being threatened. Although, at all times, there were issues that reminded us of our divisive backgrounds, often manifesting in terms of political demands by sections of the country, this is the first time Nigeria is experiencing secessionist agitations from two groups from two sections of the country – Nnamdi Kanu’s group in the South-East and Sunday Igboho’s in the South-West. These are agitations, which have assumed the forms of civil disobedience and in the case of Nnamdi Kanu’s group in South-East, it has graduated to rebellion against the Nigerian state, resulting in attacks on police stations, kidnappings and killings of security personnel and other functionaries of government as well as destructions of government structures.
In a statement on Monday by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the organization said it was “most shameful, most reprehensible and most preposterous” for a sitting governor to have joined protesters on the streets of Ibadan (the Oyo State capital) chanting: “Buhari Must Go.”
President Buhari had on June 12, 2018 conferred the highest national honour on Abiola at a ceremony in Abuja to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the election.
They are: Chief Agunwa Anekwe, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two former presidents of the Senate, Iyorchia Ayu andAmeh Ebute.
The election that was perceived to have been won by the late business mogul was nothing but a charade and a visible mockery of the basic tenets
Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Adebimpe Akinshola, while reacting to a media report that the State was planning to replace the statues, said the ongoing
The election was annulled by the military regime of former military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
The former Vice President and Waziri Adamawa stated that June 12 and the events that brought it are part of our country’s history and cannot be forgotten