Nigeria: June 12 - When PMB Honoured MKO Abiola

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Abuja — Barely a week after marking this year's Democracy Day, nothing was on the horizon to suggest a shift in policy; a monumental one for that matter that will obliterate the military-imposed May 29 Democracy Day.

So, Wednesday, June 6, the country woke up to a unique Press Statement signed by the President himself. "... in the view of Nigerians, as shared by this administration, June 12, 1993 was far more symbolic of democracy in the Nigerian context than May 29 or even the October 1st", the five-paragraph statement said in part.

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