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Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo by no means acknowledged Moshood Abiola on account of inferiority advanced, in keeping with former Secretary-General of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Frank Kokori.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday moved the nation’s Democracy Day from May 29th to June 12 in honour of Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election.
And talking to Punch, Kokori claimed that “Olusegun Obasanjo grew to become President after which unilaterally declared May 29 as democracy day. So, since then, the battle has been on and we believed Obasanjo ought to have been capable of do it in these eight years however we didn't know that Obasanjo had this pathological hatred for individuals who he felt could be his rivals.
“He didn't need anyone to shine like him. He had that phobia which I name inferiority advanced. Obasanjo behaved that method to even smaller individuals like us who went to jail with him. He made many guarantees which he by no means fulfilled. We had been completely disillusioned in him.
“So, it got here as a massive information, a shock to us once we heard the information about June 12. It got here from nowhere, it got here from somebody we least anticipated to do it. I least anticipated Buhari to do it. I believed possibly President Yar’Adua or Goodluck Jonathan would do it however not Buhari; we thought he was by no means within the June 12 wrestle as a result of I've by no means actually seen him speak a lot about it.
“I didn’t know he was being calculative. No matter what you say about it, he has done something great and heroic for the country. Thursday (when he made the announcement) was my happiest day.”