The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, today (11/06/15) declared Friday, June 12 a Work Free Day in commemoration of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 elections which was presumed to have been won by late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Habib Aruna, the governor stated the date marked a watershed in the annals of transparent, free and fair elections in the country.
He stated June 12, 1993 was the day Nigerians voted in one voice across ethnic, racial and religious lines, saying it represented the real democracy day when Nigerians stated no to voting along ethnic lines.
22 years after the annulment, the Nigerian nation is still grappling with some of the vices which the June 12, 1993 elections sought to confine to the dustbin of history through undue clinging to ethnic cleavages by some political gladiators, the governor stated regrettably.
He urged residents to spend the day in sober reflection and in remembrance of the martyrs of the June 12 elections struggle in prayers for laying the foundation of the democracy which the nation is now enjoying.