Mimiko urges Nigerians to reflect on June
12
Sodiq Oyeleke
The Ondo State Governor, Dr OLusegun
Mimiko has called on Nigerians to reflect on the events and controversies that
invaded the country’s evolutionary history as a nation when the will of the
people of Nigeria to freely choose a leader of their choice was truncated by
the annulled election of 1993.
According to a statement by the state
government, Mimiko in his good will message on the occasion of the anniversary
of the annulled June 12 1993 presidential election believed to have been won by
Chief MKO Abiola canvassed that the only condition for peace in the country is
to allow the people elect leaders of their choice.
He said, “It is a day which will continue
to remind us, and the cabal which waived those controversies, that the will of
the people, no matter how long it is suppressed, will eventually prevail. It is
a day which has become a watershed in the political development of our dear
country. It is a day we have chosen to honour as our true Democracy Day.”
“People should to reflect on the events that
brought us to where we are today. After 13 years of uninterrupted civil
democracy, there is no gainsaying that the way forward for our country is
democracy, the peoples’ government, chosen by the people themselves. It is,
perhaps, the only way to ensure peace and sustainable development in our
country and in our state.”
According to him, Nigerians must emulate
the late Abiola, adding that Abiola will remain to be celebrated in the
country.
He said, “The dramatis personae of this day, late Chief Moshood Abiola, has become and will remain for us a symbol of that will; a symbol of our collective struggle to permanently install the culture of free and fair elections, the culture of one man one vote, into our polity.”
He said, “The dramatis personae of this day, late Chief Moshood Abiola, has become and will remain for us a symbol of that will; a symbol of our collective struggle to permanently install the culture of free and fair elections, the culture of one man one vote, into our polity.”
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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