“Just when we thought we were dealing with Boko Haram, then come these nomadic herdsmen armed with AK-47, and gradually, the kind of harmonious relationships that existed between various productive arms of this nation begins to disappear.” Nigeria
Prof. Wole Soyinka ; President, Women Arise, Dr. Joe Odumakin; Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu and human rights activist Femi Falana at the commemoration of MKO Abiola 21 years after his death in Lagos…yesterday. Story on page six. PHOTO: AYODELE ADENIRANSome eminent Nigerians, including Nobel Laureate Prof.
Also, the activists requested that the June 12, 1993 election results as belatedly declared by Humphrey Nwosu be gazetted, post-humous recognition be given to Abiola as president of Nigeria and his portrait displayed among past Nigerian presidents and heads of state, and a judicial commission of enquiry be raised to unravel how he died in custody.
“We cannot escape the past, but we can confront the challenges of the present, which of course very often arise from the past. We are inching slowly towards closure. One of these days when we gather, we shall be rejoicing. At that time, we would have progressed towards the elimination of some of the abnormalities and contradictions in our country.
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