Jamiu Abiola, a son to late Chief
MKO Abiola, has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for “benefiting from
his father’s blood” but neglecting to recognise his contribution to Nigeria’s
democracy.
The deceased son spoke on Sunday
in Abuja at an event tagged “Testimonies of Change”, designed to showcase the
achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the event, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture,
witnessed personal testimonies by beneficiaries of government programmes.
Abiola, who was among the
testifiers, said for over two decades, Nigerians gave mandate to his father,
which he was “denied and killed”, the family suffered emotional and
psychological torture.
Jamiu said that Obasanjo
benefited from the democracy struggle by his late father and mother when he was
elected as Executive President in 1999.
He said in spite of coming from
the same region and state as his late father and mother, Obasanjo declined to
recognise their contribution to the enthronement of democracy.
He, therefore, commended
President Muhammad Buhari, who after over two decades, recognised his father
and declared June 12, national Democracy Day.
“What President Buhari has done,
despite not being a Yoruba man, has ended the emotional and psychological
trauma my family has gone through all these years,” he said .
Jamiu also testified to Buhari’s
giant strides in reaching out to the poor people and improving on
infrastructure like power, roads, rails.
He said June 12 which his parents
paid the supreme sacrifice for, was about the poor and the masses and Buhari
had become a replica of the mantra.
He said Buhari deserved a second
term, urging Nigerians to come out to vote for him in the forthcoming election.
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