The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari that he doesn't become a democrat because he bestowed a posthumous national award on the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election and democratic icon, Chief MKO Abiola.
The opposition party, which said it fully supports, any honour done by the nation to the memory of Chief Abiola and all that he stood for, however rejects the inclination by President Buhari to use the occasion to posture as a democrat and desperately seeking to garner votes ahead of 2019 Presidential election.
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