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We will incorporate Abiola’s vision—Dapo Abiodun

&NewLine;<p>The Ogun State&NewLine;Governor&comma; Prince Dapo Abiodun has &nbsp&semi;pledged that his administration would&NewLine;incorporate the visions of late Abiola&comma; acclaimed winner of June 12&comma; 1993&NewLine;Presidential election&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He spoke in Abeokuta at&NewLine;the &nbsp&semi;Democracy Day celebration<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Abiodun urged&NewLine;political leaders to make the sacrifice of Abiola count and continue to&NewLine;enthrone good governance for the benefit of the people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Governor who was&NewLine;represented by his deputy&comma; Mrs&period; Noimot Salako-Oyedele&comma; enjoined Nigerians to&NewLine;rededicate themselves to the service of the nation and to continue to remain&NewLine;united and patriotic&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma;&NewLine;Abiola did not only fight for the entrenchment of democracy in Nigeria but died&NewLine;fighting for the people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I charge all our&NewLine;political actors not to lose sight of the significance of June 12&comma; 1993&period; So&NewLine;much labour and struggles have been invested in order to ensure the attainment&NewLine;and the survival of democracy we now enjoy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He continued &&num;8220&semi;I&NewLine;urge us all to make the sacrifice of MKO Abiola count as we continue to&NewLine;enthrone good governance for the benefit of our good people&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We are&NewLine;determined to entrench good governance which will further enhance the quality&NewLine;of life of our people&period; Just as Chief MKO Abiola was neither a sectional leader&NewLine;nor biased in his dealings with everyone he came across&comma; we vow to enthrone&NewLine;transparency in our efforts at taking Ogun State to the height as envisioned by&NewLine;our forebears&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As we reflect on&NewLine;the selfless sacrifice and contributions of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale&NewLine;Abiola to the development of our fatherland&comma; I enjoin us all to rededicate&NewLine;ourselves to the service of the nation and to continue to remain united and&NewLine;patriotic&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At the event&comma; the son&NewLine;of Chief MKO Abiola&comma; Abdulmumini Abiola&comma; stated that his father&comma; the acclaimed&NewLine;winner of the June 12 Presidential election died a fulfilled&nbsp&semi;man&comma; having&NewLine;fought passionately for democracy in Nigeria&comma; adding that the vision of his&NewLine;father had been fulfilled even after his demise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Abdulmumini said with&NewLine;the Federal government&&num;8217&semi;s recognition of June 12 as Democracy Day&comma; Abiola would&NewLine;be happy anywhere he is now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>His words &&num;8220&semi;Today&NewLine;is a historic day&period; The actualization of the long battle and campaigning for&NewLine;justification for June 12 as democracy day has finally come to fruition&period; The&NewLine;event of June 12 marked the freest and fairest elections held in Nigeria at the&NewLine;time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The decision of&NewLine;General Ibrahim Babaginda to annul the election was a surprise to both my&NewLine;family and the Nigerian people in general because my dad and the general were&NewLine;closed friends&comma; but it was a surprise to my father&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;But I was so&NewLine;proud that Chief MKO Abiola was able to stand for what he believed to be true&period;&NewLine;It is important we do this when you find that justice is supposed to be done&NewLine;especially in country like Nigeria where so many people are suffering&period; We need to&NewLine;be &nbsp&semi;with one another&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It is a day of reflection&period;&NewLine;I do not intend to &nbsp&semi;celebrate this day&period; I&NewLine;intend on reflecting on who &nbsp&semi;we are as a&NewLine;nation&comma; where we intend to go and where my children will be&period; It is important we&NewLine;understand that Nigeria belongs to all of us&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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