Frank Kokori, leader of June
12 movement, says President Muhammadu
Buhari is the “least” person expected to honour MKO Abiola, presumed winner of
the 1993 presidential election.
He said this on Tuesday in Abuja
at the investiture of Abiola with the honour of Grand Commander of the Federal
Republic (GCFR).
Buhari will also be confering
Baba Gana Kingibe, Abiola’s running mate; and Gani Fawehinmi, late human rights
lawyer, with Grand Commander Order of the Nigeria (GCON).
Kokori said never came to mind as
one of those that could honour Abiola, adding that former presidents were
expected to have done so.
“If this is coming 25 years
later, it means one day your country will remember you because some of us felt
when we came out of Abacha’s gulag and we were not recognized, I just felt what
sort of country is this,” he said.
“Like my personal experience as
one of the most famous prisoners of conscience in the world, I saw that my
country did not even appreciate the four years I spent in one of the worst
cells in the world. And we did all these for our country and the country did
not recognize us.
“So, now we are happy and we are
very grateful to our president, the least president we expected who should have
done this, Muhammadu Buhari.
“We thought people like Obasanjo
should have done that for us long time ago. There was so much pressure,
Muhammadu Buhari; we least expected it. So in doing it for us, he has a great
soul and we appreciate it.”
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