My “June
12: I Still Remember” article last week elicited, expectedly, diverse responses.
The annulment of the election and the consequent turmoil remain very emotive
issues. What
the responses prove most conclusively is that President Muhammadu Buhari
remains a very polarising leader. And he profiteers from that. Sadly. I will
come to that shortly.
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| *MKO Abiola |
A quarter of a century
after the annulment of that historic poll and 20 years after the death of the
winner, Bashorun MKO Abiola, President Buhari sprang a political surprise on
many penultimate week by declaring subsequent June 12 anniversaries Democracy
Day and honouring Abiola with the highest national award – Grand
Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR).
My article, though an
endorsement of the president’s action, was issue-specific as captured in the
last paragraph which read:
