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Breaking: Buhari cancels May 29, declares June 12 Democracy Day

…confers GCFR on MKO Abiola

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the annual celebration of Democracy Day on May 29 of every year has been cancelled, saying the Democracy Day will henceforth be celebrated on June 12.

Buhari
Buhari

He argued that June 12, 1993 which was the date of the election popularly adjudged to be the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history, “was far more symbolic of democracy in the Nigerian context than May 29 or even October 1.”

Buhari also announced that MKO Abiola, winner of the annulled election of June 12, 1993, will be posthumously awarded the highest honour in the land, which is the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, GCFR.
Read the full statement below:

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