The Director
General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu on Sunday said that
President Muhammadu Buhari, by his profound proclamation, has announced the
results of the annulled June 12, 1993 elections and by extension ported
Generals Ibrahim Babaginda and Olusegun Obasanjo into the Anti-Democratic Hall.
Buhari also
conferred the highest order of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR)
on MKO Abiola, the winner of the election.
The DG of
VON said this while answering questions from newsmen at the annual Igwa Nshi
festival in his hometown, Eke, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Buhari had
also made a proclamation that June 12 is the new “Democracy Day” of Nigeria and
not May 29 anymore.
The Senate
in its resolutions, commended the President for taking these bold steps, but
asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the
results of the June 12, 1993 elections.
But
Okechukwu picked holes in the call by Senate for the declaration of the result,
insisting that it was needless, saying the profound proclamation is the result
declaration Nigerians waited for 25 years.
He
emphasized that Buhari announced the results when he officially declared the
June 12 election as the freest and fairest in the annals of Nigeria’s history.
“Mr
President spiced it with the GCFR, the highest honour in the country he
conferred on MKO Abiola and Grand Commander of Order of Niger (GCON), the
second highest national honour on his running mate, Ambassador Babagana
Kingibe,” he said.
Okechukwu
restated: “For me, life is about a coin. A coin has two sides. I read a letter
from Kola, Abiola’s son, on behalf of MKO's family thanking Mr. President. I
read statements from the PDP and the APC, congratulating Mr. President. This is
democracy. We in the majority welcomed it. Minority are in the Anti-Democratic
Hall.
“Some people
are saying Kudirat should be honoured. Some are saying Humphrey Nwosu should be
honoured. I am one of those applauding Mr. President and appealing that Kudirat
the martyr of the struggle and Nwosu the conductor of the election be conferred
with GCON.”
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