Nigerians Begged a President in 1999 to Recognise June 12 but He Refused - Abiola-Castelo

7 June 2018

Mrs Hafsat Abiola-Castelo, daughter of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria, has commended the Federal Government for declaring the day as the new Democracy Day, saying this " has corrected Nigeria's faulty democratic foundation."

Abiola- Castelo stated this on Thursday in Abeokuta, the Ogun capital.

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