APC Applauds Buhari for Declaring June 12 Nigeria’s Democracy Day to replace May 29

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for honouring the late presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola; his running mate, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe; and the late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehimi, with the highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) while also declaring June 12 as Democracy Day.

In a statement made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party praised Buhari for displaying a rare courage to address the nagging question on the relevance of June 12 election in Nigeria’s democratic credentials.

“Abiola is adjudged the winner and hero of our democracy for standing against the jackboots of the military dictators and paying the supreme price for being a resolute democrat.

“Abiola won the freest and fairest election without religious and tribal sentiments in the history of electoral process and democratisation in Nigeria, but most unfortunately the conspiracy of the same capitalism agents that truncated Nigerians’ dream to have the late MKO Abiola as the president are now in PDP who benefited and assumed the control of our national government on the strength of June 12 symbolic history, struggle, and sacrifice.

“Today, we are happy that another hero of democracy without tribal sentiment, who is also a progressive leader, President Buhari, has demonstrated integrity by not only honouring this fact of history, but has also done honour to the hero of democracy, who sacrificed his life to ensure that democracy establishes root in Nigeria,” he said.

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