Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
state has spoken on the honour bestowed on Moshood Abiola by Presient Muhammadu
Buhari on Wednesday as GCFR as well as the declaration of June 12 as the new
Democracy Day.
Buhari had in a press release on
Wednesday (), declared June 12 as the new Democracy Day.
He also announced that MKO
Abiola, the presumed winner of the annulled June 12 1993 election, will be
posthumously awarded the highest honour in the land, GCFR.
Mixed reactions have continued to
trail the decision to change Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12. Some
Nigerians have questioned Buhari’s motive and the timing, citing the
declaration as an appeal to the South-West ahead of next year’s elections.
However, Fayose reacting to the
new development took to his Twitter page, noting that the greatest honour by
Buhari would be to conduct free and fair elections even as he commended him.
“MKO Abiola is worthy to be
honoured and we in Ekiti honoured him with a public holiday on June 12, 2017,
we will do it again this year.
“However, the greatest honour
anyone can bestow on MKO Abiola is total respect for the rule of law and
conduct of free, fair & credible elections,” Fayose wrote.
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