June 12: Nigeria must not waste sacrifices of MKO Abiola – SDP presidential candidate Adebayo

The statesmanlike campaigner of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said Nigeria indispensable not discarded the sacrifices made by the precocious Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, victor of the historical June 12, 1993, statesmanlike election.

He disclosed this successful his connection astatine Nigeria’s Democracy Day commemoration connected Friday.

According to him, the predetermination represented a glorious accidental for Nigeria to pb Africa and the wider satellite successful antiauthoritarian renewal astatine a clip erstwhile apartheid inactive existed successful South Africa and galore African nations were inactive nether subject rule.

Adebayo said the annulment of the predetermination by the subject authorities was a betrayal of the Constitution and the sovereignty of Nigerians, stressing that nary powerfulness tin genuinely annul the volition of the people.

He noted that June 12 is simply a reflection that antiauthoritarian powerfulness belongs to the people.

“June 12 reminds america that the radical are the existent owners of power. What happened successful 1993 was not conscionable the annulment of an election; it was a betrayal of the Constitution and the sovereignty of Nigerians.

“As we attack different wide election, each Nigerian has a relation to play successful enthroning existent democracy. June 12 indispensable not beryllium successful vain. The labour of our heroes past indispensable not beryllium allowed to spell to waste,” Adebayo said.

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