ACPP hails PMB for Declaring June 12 Democracy Day and recognizing Abiola,
Kingibe, Fawehinmi with national honors
Also
commends national assembly for given conditions for the actualization of the
Day
The
Alliance of Collaborating Political Parties (ACPP) has commended President
Muhammadu Buhari for officially announcing June 12 as the new Democracy Day in
the country.
It would be recalled
that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed that the nation’s Democracy Day
would henceforth, hold on June 12 thereby replacing the customary ‘‘May 29”.
Prince Adesoji Masilo Adeleke,
the Chairman of the association, gave the commendation through a press release
issued and signed in Osogbo yesterday.
According to Prince
Adesoji Masilo Adeleke “President Muhammadu Buhari has done what any past
Nigerian President could not do by posthumously conferring highest national honour on the
presumed winner of June 12, 1993, Presidential election, MKO Abiola.
Prince Adesoji Masilo
Adeleke, the pioneer Chairman of IPAC in the state of Osun also praised the
national assembly for given the conditions for the actualization and
legalization of June 12 as the country’s Democracy Day.
He applauded the
President for conferring GCON titles on Abiola’s running mate, Amb. Baba Gana
Kingibe and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) for their roles
in the struggle to actualize June 12 presidential election.
On the late Chief Gani
Fawehinmi, Prince Adesoji Masilo Adeleke noted that the late legal luminary
single handedly took legal action against INEC that all candidates seeking for
elective positions from Presidency to State Assembly should be exempted from
paying any nomination fees and he magnanimously won the case.
Prince Masilo said all
our elected political leaders past and present benefited immensely from this
brave and courageous act of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi.
Prince Adesoji Masilo Adeleke
finally described President Buhari’s action with regards to declaration of June
12 as democracy day and award of the highest honour to late Chief MKO Abiola as
nationalistic, fair, appropriate and audacious.
