Former Governor of Lagos State,
Bola Tinubu has appealed to Femi Falana and Kunle Ajibade to join hands with
the All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari, to make
Nigeria a better place.
He said this in a joint birthday
message to the duo on Monday, describing them as icons in their chosen fields.
He wrote: “Falana, born May 20,
1958, and Kunle Ajibade, born on May 28, 1958, recently turned 60. Both are
close friends and associates, with whom I have interacted in our continuous
struggle for the enthronement of true democracy, good governance and rule of
law.
“Mr. Falana is a lawyer,
pro-democracy and human rights activist who over time employed and continues to
employ the instrumentality of the law to correct the ills of the society.
“His contributions to
constitutionalism and jurisprudence know no bounds. He takes briefs from the
rich to empower him to fight the injustices against the poor pro bono. Like his
late mentor and comrade, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Falana is an advocate of the
people, of the masses.
“Ajibade is that astute
journalist and celebrated author who through his pen fought against the
military junta and was particularly a thorn in the flesh of the late Abacha
regime.
“He authored two popular books
‘Jailed for Life,’ his experience in prison to which he was clamped by the
Abacha junta, and ‘What a Country,’ which speaks about the ills in the country.
“As both were united in their month
of birth, there is also an unmistakable meeting point in their life
trajectories. Both fought against successive military regimes to facilitate the
emergence of democracy in the land and a country laden with respect for human
rights.
“They fought to ensure Nigeria is
a citadel of social justice and rule of law and generally a better place for
the present generation and generations yet unborn.
There is no doubt that both
Falana and Ajibade had impacted Nigeria and Nigerians in the most profound
ways.
“We thank them for their struggles. We thank
them for their sacrifices. But we are not yet in the Promised Land. We enjoin
the duo not to rest on their oars and to join hands with us in the All
Progressives Congress, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, to make Nigeria a
better place.”
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