June 12 Nigeria’s foremost democratic milestone – ADC

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, says June 12 remains one of the most significant dates in Nigeria’s political history and democratic journey.
In a Democracy Day statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said June 12 symbolised Nigerians’ enduring democratic aspirations.
He said the date reflected the belief that citizens’ voices matter, their votes count and governments derive legitimacy from the people.
“June 12 remains one of the most important dates in our nation’s political history and a reminder that government derives legitimacy from the governed,” he said.
Abdullahi, however, said Democracy Day should not...