MKO Abiola
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) helps any honour carried out by Nigeria to the reminiscence of acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, the party’s spokesman mentioned on Sunday.
Kola Ologbondiyan mentioned this in a assertion, however insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari honoured the late Abiola as a result of, in line with the party, the Nigerian chief was desperately searching for to win votes within the 2019 presidential election.
It famous that bestowing a posthumous nationwide award on Abiola didn't make Buhari a democrat.
“Chief Abiola, in his life time, stood for personal liberty of citizens, particularly the right to aspire for any position, respect for constitutional order and principle of separation of powers,” the party mentioned.
“He additionally stood for nationwide cohesion in addition to a free press, all of which had been upheld by the PDP.
“While the PDP congratulates the household of late Chief Abiola and different martyrs of democracy, we additionally bear in mind the roles of late Sen. Abraham Adesanya, Bagauda Khalto, Dan Suleiman, Raph Obiorah, Alex Ibru and others.
“We remember the Management and Staff of the Concord, Guardian, Vanguard, Punch and other media houses, who suffered undue hardships for our nation to attain this democracy.”