June 12: Democracy under siege 33 yrs after historic votes – Adebayo

By Sunday Ani
Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2027 general elections, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has declared that Nigeria’s democratic journey remains incomplete 33 years after the historic June 12, 1993 election.
He warned that the country was still battling many of the same political and social conditions that inspired the struggle for democratic rule.
In an address to mark year’s Democracy Day, Adebayo reflected on the annulled 1993 presidential elections won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola under the banner of Social Democratic Party, describing the election as one of Nigeria’s finest democratic moments.
According to him, the election repr...