The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for recognising June 12 as Nigeria’s
official democracy day.
President Muhammadu Buhari
earlier this week signed the June 12 bill into law, thus making it Nigeria’s
official Democracy Day.
MURIC, in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said Buhari’s recognition
of June 12 proves that criminality or righteousness is not the monopoly of any
single tribe in Nigeria.
The Islamic group added that June
12 recognition shows that Islamization, Biafra and fulanisation agenda are all
“imagination coined by mischievous subjects, unscrupulous elements and enemies
of progress”.
According to them, “As we have
the Evans in kidnapping, the Oyenusi’s in armed robbery and the Shekaus in
Bokoharamism, so do we have the Buhari’s in good governance, the Oloyedes in
transparency and the Tony Elumelus in business acumen.”
The statement read further:
“Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has applauded President Buhari for
making the recognition of June 12 a fait accompli.
“MURIC hails Buhari for coming
out boldly in support of truth, justice and fair play.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is
the hero of the moment. He deserves accolades for coming out boldly to do what
several regimes lacked the guts to do.
“Buhari is a genuine democrat, a
patriot nulli secundus and a statesman primus inter pareil.
“As for May 29, it is good
riddance to the bad rubbish that was fraudulently contrived as democracy day.
That date had never truly reflected the spirit of nationalism in this country
and it had never been accepted by true democrats and June 12 activists North
and South of Nigeria.
“June 12, 1993 election which was
won by Chief Moshood Kashimowo Abiola (MKO) was by far the fairest, most
peaceful and most democratic election held in Nigeria to date. Its annulment by
the Babangida regime was criminal, myopic and counter-productive while the
incarceration of MKO and his eventual assassination were the heights of
tyranny. But the military dictator, Gen. Sanni Abacha (rtd), out-heroded Herod
by masterminding the killing of MKO’s wife, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, while the
husband was still in captivity.
“It is these acts of totalitarian
tyranny and extreme inhumanity which make Buhari’s act of benevolence stand out
and characterized his administration with a real human face and an embodiment
of good governance.
“It must be noted that successive
administrations have ignored all appeals to recognize this momentous Day,
including those who benefited most from the June 12 struggle.
“That is why Nigerians have given
all civilian regimes since 1999 a thumbs-down except the Buhari administration.
This also explains why Afenifere has become irrelevant in the political
architecture in the South West. The Yorubas have discovered that they have
benefited nothing from Afeniferisation which has come to mean retrogression,
negativism and parochialism.
“For who could have thought that
succor and honour would come to the Yoruba nation from the least expected
source, a Fulani man, a ‘Jibril from Sudan’ as President Buhari was
mischievously described after his amazing recovery from his mysterious illness?
We do not need to tell the Yoruba race what to do since to whom much is given,
much also is expected.
“This singular act, i.e. Buhari’s
recognition of June 12, also proves that criminality or righteousness is not
the monopoly of any single tribe in Nigeria.
“As we have the Evans in
kidnapping, the Oyenusi’s in armed robbery and the Shekaus in Bokoharamism, so
do we have the Buhari’s in good governance, the Oloyedes in transparency and
the Tony Elumelus in business acumen.
“We should therefore desist from
ethnic and religious profiling. Fulanisation, Islamisation, Afeniferisation and
Biafrisation exist only in nomenclature. They are mere figments of imagination
coined by mischievous subjects, unscrupulous elements and enemies of progress.
“The most important lesson in the
June 12 affair lies in its font et origo in 1993 and its resurrection in
2018/2019. Unlike the current situation where Nigerians surrender themselves to
gymnastic religiousity and ethnic bigotry, June 12 by origin symptomized
Nigeria’s unity in diversity as Nigerians sank ethnic and religious bias to
vote for a Muslim-Muslim ticket. But destiny has again brought Nigerians
together in 2018/2019 as a Northerner and Fulani man excavated a seemingly dead
June 12 and breathed life into it.
“MURIC charges Nigerians to seize
this unique opportunity to sink all prejudices. By proclaiming June 12 as our
Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has brought hope of survival to the
Nigerian project. This singular action is a sign of good things ahead
particularly for groups who still feel marginalized. Buhari knows where it
pinches and he will address all grievances.
“It therefore behoves every
Nigerian citizen to cooperate with the Buhari administration. We advise
aggrieved groups to adopt dialogue and eschew violence. Our voices are being
heard. The fact that Buhari ignored powerful enemies of June 12 to give the
latter recognition means that we have a leader who is prepared to damn the
consequences in the quest for justice. All we need to do is to remain peaceful,
law-abiding, hardworking and prayerful.
“As a parting shot, we remind
Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari is gradually and steadily laying the
solid foundation for a cohesive, virile and united Nigeria. Posterity will no
doubt remember him as the Father of Modern Nigeria. We urge politicians to halt
unhealthy politicking and to think Nigeria first. We call upon Nigerians to
shun ethnic jingoism and religious particularism.”
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