Aare Ona-Kakanfo of Yorubaland Iba Gani Adams has described the annulled June 12, 1993 election as the most defining moment in Nigeria’s history.
According to him, the struggle to free Nigerians from bondage will continue until the country is restructured into federating units
A statement yesterday by his media aide, Kehinde Aderemi, expressed joy that part of the dreams of the O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) had been realised with the celebration of June 12 as the authentic Democracy Day.
The Yoruba leader, however, regretted that despite the sacrifices of activists and pro-democracy groups, democracy is yet to take root in Nigeria.
Adams said Nigeria will only get it right with true federalism, noting that the only way out of the political logjam is to let the federating states develop at their own pace.
He said: “When the federating units are allowed to develop at their own pace, there will be mutual benefit and progress.
The federating states will be geared towards achieving the best for people at the grassroots. This is possible when there is healthy competition among them.
The issue of security and state police will be taken care of without fear or favour. This is how it is in other climes where democracy thrives.
“It is good that our democracy is evolving, but sadly, it is not yet uhuru because this is not the kind of democracy we fought for during the June 12 struggle. It is far different from what we are seeing now.
“The struggle for the actualisation of the June 12 mandate given freely to the late MKO Abiola was a long, hard battle to survive the military.”
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