JUNE 12TH AS DEMOCRACY DAY IS NEEDLESS; ITS A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE : OLOGBENLA ADEDOYIN
It is needless... In my own opinion, the declaration of June 12 as the new democracy day in Nigeria is needless. It only opens the door for further future changing of the date, in the sense that any other elected president can decide to wake up one day and pick another date that marks another touching event in history as pertaining to elections to commemorate democracy. We can't keep tampering with history to score some political points. AM I AWARE THAT JUNE 12 1993 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS ADJUDGED TO BE THE NIGERIA'S FREEST AND FAIREST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO USHER IN CHIEF MOSHOOD KASHIMAWO OLAWALE ABIOLA WHO HAD AN OVERWHELMING VICTORY? Yes. VERY WELL. I'm aware and I agree that Late Chief M.K.O ABIOLA was no doubt a symbol of democracy considering how he was able to secure a support that cut across geopolitical zones and religious divisions and later emerge as the winner of the presidential elec