June 12: Nigeria must not waste sacrifices of MKO Abiola – SDP presidential candidate Adebayo

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said Nigeria must not waste the sacrifices made by the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, winner of the historic June 12, 1993, presidential election.
He disclosed this in his statement at Nigeria’s Democracy Day commemoration on Friday.
According to him, the election represented a glorious opportunity for Nigeria to lead Africa and the wider world in democratic renewal at a time when apartheid still existed in South Africa and many African nations were still under military rule.
Adebayo said the annulment of the election by the military government was a betrayal of the Constitution and the so...