June 12: How Tinubu united warring activists, NADECO leader opens up

• Jumoke Ogunkeyede, a NADECO leader, recounted however President Tinubu erstwhile broke down successful tears implicit divisions wrong June 12 pro-democracy groups abroad
• Speaking connected Channels TV, Ogunkeyede dismissed claims by Sule Lamido that Tinubu supported the annulment of the 1993 statesmanlike election
• Ogunkeyede besides lamented the exclusion of cardinal diaspora activists from the June 12 honours database and reflected connected idiosyncratic sacrifices, including his firebombed location during the Abacha regime

Abuja, FCT - In what is seen arsenic a moving recollection, Jumoke Ogunkeyede, a United States-based person of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), who has present relocated backmost home, narrated immoderate absorbing and idiosyncratic moments of the June 12 conflict among Nigerians abroad.

Ogunkeyede, a US-based NADECO official, being the Chairman of the United Committee to Save Nigeria, formed successful New York aft the annulment of the June 12 1993, election, narrated however President Bola Ahmed Tinubu erstwhile broke down successful tears implicit the disunity among June 12 pro-democracy groups abroad.

Jumoke Ogunkeyede said President Tinubu erstwhile wept implicit disunity among NADECO groups abroad. Photo: @HistoryVille
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He spoke connected Friday, June 27, connected Inside Sources with Laolu Akande connected Channels Television, recounting Tinubu’s passionate committedness to unifying the warring factions during the conflict to reconstruct the June 12 mandate.

Legit.ng notes that the NADECO person spoke amid the claim by a erstwhile politician of Jigawa, who was past National Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Sule Lamido, that Tinubu supported the annulment of June 12.

He besides claimed that Tinubu lone became progressive successful the pro-democracy conflict aft General Sani Abacha took powerfulness

Lamido is wrong, says Ogunkeyede

Responding to the claim, Ogunkeyede said:

“I'm atrocious to accidental helium indispensable person been drinking something. President Tinubu stood up for things. Let maine archer you an instance.“We were having luncheon successful Alexandria with Chief Anthony Enahoro. As astatine the clip we finished eating, should we inquire Papa Enahoro to spell and cleanable the dishes?“At that point, President Tinubu was astir shedding tears, saying, 'Look astatine wherever we recovered ourselves. Well, this indispensable beryllium a conflict that indispensable beryllium completed. When helium was besides giving instructions to spell and bring each the diasporans and democrats together, radical who are progressive successful this struggle.“President Tinubu came to maine successful New York, and I introduced him to the world. God gave him the grace to beryllium capable to bring each the warring, disagreeing parties unneurotic successful the conflict successful New York."

Continuing, helium said:

“Well, I anticipation the president volition forgive me. I saw him. He started to cry. He was wearing a airy brownish suit. He was crying that we are doing each of this for a nation, and you guys are inactive quarrelling amongst yourselves.“Why don't we hide our disagreement and unify to marque definite that we person a Nigeria of our dreams? Yes, due to the fact that I welcomed Tinubu to New York astatine that time. “Other radical who were successful New York astatine that gathering volition attest to what I conscionable said. He worked his bosom retired to marque definite that Nigeria does not spell to ruin. So we're grateful that he's present the president of Nigeria.“But collaboratively, we made definite that the hands of Abacha did not prevail. By the grace of God, I'm gladsome to beryllium live to beryllium portion of this conflict that we're continuing. “I mean, the ideology that we are enjoying. Hopefully, this volition not beryllium the extremity of Nigeria. At a peculiar constituent successful time, radical were wondering, volition Nigeria survive?

Ogunkeyede speaks connected June 12 honours list

Responding to the honour database of names included successful the President’s June 12 speech, Ogunkeyede said:

“Those of america who carried connected warring for this federation should not person been forgotten. Not maine alone. There are truthful galore of them. But a fewer of them enactment their lives connected the line. I americium among the archetypal ten.“I don't cognize excessively galore who mislaid their homes but General [Alani] Akinrinade and a fewer others who near their homes during the struggle. My location was firebombed connected June 15, 1996. We were to commencement a vigil for Kudirat connected the 17th of June of the aforesaid year.“And I had connected a shirt. I could not slumber successful my home. We were conscionable trying to bash our champion to marque sure, successful spite of the information that immoderate of america did not unrecorded successful Nigeria then.“Many different radical participated successful this struggle. It's not thing that should beryllium monopolised. As I said, determination is nary mode a idiosyncratic similar President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would retrieve everybody, but immoderate of america are precise important successful the relation we play.”

Ogunkeyede speaks connected US brushwood with Kingibe

Ogunkeyede besides recalled an brushwood successful the US with Alhaji Baba Gana Kingibe, thus:

SDP statesmanlike campaigner Moshood Abiola voted successful Lagos connected 12 June 1993. Photo credit: FRANCOIS ROJON/AFP
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“Yes, and I had to archer him that Chief Abiola made you [Baba Gana Kingibe] the Vice President of Nigeria and you are present making yourself a 2nd fiddle. Why would you beryllium defending Abacha that we should beryllium begging him to merchandise Abiola?"For respective nights, respective months, I ne'er slept successful my home, but I gained a batch from Chief Anthony Enahoro, who taught maine however to support oregon prolong a struggle.“It's my joy. I'm not a young antheral anymore. It's my joyousness that this conflict was consummated and we got results and I'm precise blessed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is successful complaint of this vessel of authorities and I'm definite it volition onshore successful glorious places.”

Presidency reacts to Lamido’s claims connected Tinubu’s June 12 role

Meanwhile, Legit.ng antecedently reported that the Presidency said Lamido and the president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) successful 1993, Tony Anenih, surrendered the people's mandate without resistance.

Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Lamido and Anenih teamed up with the defeated National Republican Convention to contradict MKO Abiola his mandate.

The Presidential adjutant said it is well-known that Tinubu played a starring relation successful the agitation against the June 12 annulment.

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