Mr. Abdullahi Yelwa, a lecturer at the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic in Bauchi State’s Department of Crime Management and Control (CMC), has argued that the late Chief MKO Abiola should be included among Nigeria’s former presidents.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi, Yelwa made this claim in honor of the festival of June 12.
He claimed that the fact that Nigeria recognized and commemorated June 12 was a way for the nation to admit that the 1993 presidential election’s annulment was incorrect and that the late Abiola should therefore be officially recognized as one of the nation’s former presidents.
“It’s good that we recognise and eulogise this day because it’s a way of saying that yes we accept what we did was wrong and we are making amends.
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“Accepting that what was done in 1993 by annulling the election was wrong by the government is what led to accepting to celebrate June 12 as Democracy Day.
“What we should do is to consider MKO Abiola posthumously as one of the presidents of Nigeria not just to celebrate the day as Democracy Day.
“Even after his death, we can declare him as among the past presidents, at least a president that was not sworn in and this is part of correcting history and accepting the error,” he said.
Yelwa also said that the fact that there had not been military intervention since 1999 was worth celebrating, saying the country has held elections and the peaceful handing over of the rein of government from one administration to another.
(NAN)
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