Buhari must validate the June 12, 1993 election now - Fiery northern leader Yakasai speaks
- Tanko Yakasai, a northern leader, urges President Buhari to validate the election result of June 12, 1993
- Yakasai says this action would further give impetus to the award given to the late Abiola
- He, however, argues that the real democracy day was created by Olusegun Obasanjo
A northern leader and elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to issue an executive order to validate the results of June 12, 1993, elections which is believed to have been won by late MKO Abiola.
Vanguard reports that in a telephone chat, Yakasai said that validation of the results and proclamations of a winner would add value to Buhari’s postulation and honour already done to MKO Abiola, and teeming June 12 supporters.
“By recognising Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola as the presumed winner of June 12,1993 presidential election and the conferment of the highest Award of the land on him, Buhari should proceed to give meaning to that by actualising the results.
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“The annulment of June 12, presidential election was done by the military via a military fiat, and President Buahari as executive president can equally use executive fiat to validates the June 12 election which I believe strongly will give value and meaning to his declaration,” he said.
He, however added: “It is coming too late, but he can make it useful, gives value to it by directing Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to collate the figures of June 12, 1993 presidential contest between Alhaji Bashir Tofa and Chief MKO Abiola, and announce a winner.
“Now that Chief MKO Abiola is no longer alive to benefits from the declaration if it is done by INEC, then his running mate, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe who is still alive can claim the mandate, and be so declare as the president.”
He, however, sees “the announcement by the presidency declaring June 12 as a democracy day as mere gimmickry because democracy day was created by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo administration to commemorate the return of Nigeria from military rule to democracy.
“What president Buhari did was mere change of date from the old one to June 12, and in all intent and purpose, the original date has no relation whatsoever to Chief MKO Abiola, and June 12 election.
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“What the presidency did on this sensitive political matter was political jobbery, and abuse of office because it clearly intended not to honour the late business mogul or actualise his mandate, but to appeal to the sentiment of his teeming supporters to vote for Buhari as a candidate when he becomes one in not too distant future.”
Legit.ng earlier reported that human rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome spoke about President Muhammadu Buhari’s posthumous award to Chief Moshood Kachimawo Abiola and the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN).
President Buhari conferred Grand Commander of Federal Republic on late Abiola and he awarded late Fawehinmi Grand Commander of Nigeria.
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