Browsing: June 12

In a statement commemorating the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Oladele stated that years after the annulment of what was then described by the international community as the most transparent election in Nigeria, the country is still grappling with corruption and lack of accountability, a situation which, according to him, has led to the arrest of democratic development instead of deepening it

In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, on behalf of the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, the government said the holiday was in honour of the ideals which the June 12, 1993 presidential election represents, being a day that the country experienced an election that was adjudged as the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history

According to the party, the fact that Governor Amosun did not declare June 13 as public holiday for the celebration of the anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, purportedly won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, who was from the state, but which was annulled by ex-Military President Ibrahim Babangida, is an indication that Amosun is not a democrat after all

According to the former governor, heroes and heroines of Nigeria’s democracy, including Abiola, Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello, Ladoke Akintola, Kudirat Abiola, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Gani Fawehinmi, all of blessed memory, should be honoured continually by federal and state governments for their indelible contributions to the social, political and economic development of the country

In a statement by the Chairman of the Council, Comrade Deji Elumoye, and the Secretary, Comrade Sylva Okereke, the lecture will be chaired by a former Governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, while Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State will deliver a paper on the theme of the lecture