As a mark of honour to celebrate June 12 as
democracy day in Nigeria, kinsmen of the acclaimed winner of the annulled 1993 presidential
election, Chief Moshood Abiola, in Gbagura area of Abeokuta, Ogun State
capital, have urged the federal government to extend the president's tenure in
office by two weeks, instead of the usual handover date of May 29 to June 12 in
order to coincide with the recently approved democracy day celebration.
The Abiola's kinsmen under the monarchical order of
Agura of Gbagura, Oba Halidu Olaloko (the Sobekun II) and Gbagura Council of
Chiefs jointly declared on Monday that the shift in the president's tenure and
handover date by two weeks becomes imperative with a view to properly actualise
the June 12, 1993, annulment date, and thereby immortalising Abiola, who
sacrificed his life for the Nigerian democracy.
Reacting to the federal government's gesture to
actualise the date at a press conference held at Agura Palace, a stone throw
away to Abiola's family house at Oke-Iddo in Abeokuta, Oba Olaloko applauded
President Buhari and National Assembly for the steps that had taken but urged
them to have a second look by extending the president's handover date from May
29 to June 12.
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