The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Thursday, described June 12, 1993 annulled election as a strategic date in Nigeria’s political history, saying the struggle to free Nigerians from bondage will not end until the country is restructured.
This was disclosed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, who attested to the fact that Adams and the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) under his leadership, havebeen celebrating June 12 as the authentic Democracy Day.
Adams, however, regretted that despite the efforts of the democracy activists, democracy is yet to be fully established in the country.
He stated clearly that Nigeria can only achieve this when true federalism is practised.
with true federalism, pointing out that the only way out of the political logjam is to let the federating states develop at their own pace.
He said: “When the federating units are allowed to develop at their own pace, there will be mutual benefits and progress.
“The federating states will be geared towards achieving the best for the people at the grassroots.
This is possible when there is healthy competitions among the federating units.
“The issue of security and state police would be taken care of without fair or favour. That is how it is in other climes where democracy thrives.
“It is good that our democracy is evolving, but sadly it is not yet enough because this is not the kind of democracy we fought for during the June 12 struggle.”
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