Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has reflected on the June 1993 presidential election, saying Nigeria would go nowhere on the road of progress except the country returned to the spirit of that date.
The organisation noted that Nigeria is now the opposite of the things Chief M.K.O Abiola stood for, saying the democracy icon “promised hope in the country, we are under hopelessness in the land as we have regressed under all indices.”
Afenifere made its submission in a statement by its leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, entitled, ‘June 12: A time for reflection on nationhood’, obtained by The PUNCH in Abuja on Thursday.
The statement read, “We are going nowhere on the road of progress except we return to the spirit of June 12 and not the symbolism we are holding at the moment. We have to return the faith of our people in the ballot box like June 12 and restructure the polity so we can make progress under federalism.
“As we celebrate another anniversary of June 12, now for the first time, at the national level, it’s perhaps, the most auspicious moment, to do a critical assessment of our journey on the democratic road.
“This year marks the 27th anniversary of the fairest democratic election in the annals of our national democratic electoral process. That election was a watershed in our troubled polity.
“We recall how our founding fathers led us to independence on a federal constitution with federating units moving at their paces before the quest for domination and conquest brought the best moment for us to an end in just six years.”
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