President Muhammadu Buhari
Former Senate President, who is also the Acting Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, said on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari deserves commendation for his decision to announce the national honour for the late Chief MKO Abiola.
The PDP BoT Secretary, who spoke in Abuja, said that the action of the President took many Nigerians by surprise, adding that the President has taken a right decision even though within a political milieu.”
“First and foremost, We have to commend him for doing this. It is a decision well taken. The nation owes a lot to MKO Abiola. Without his sacrifice, many of those who are today enjoying democracy will not be there. He paid the ultimate price for us to have a country. Nothing is too big to honour his memory,” Waraba said.
The former Senate President, however, said that the time has come for Buhari to review the cases of all those who have been denied national honours on the altar of political considerations.
“I need to also add that the President needs to review the cases of some of us who were denied national honours due to our former offices.
“I was denied the GCON award because I opposed the Third term agenda and paid a price for that. It is a fact that President Buhari will not be there today if the toxic third term had succeeded,” he said.
Senator Wabara also asked President Buhari to ensure the free and fair scenario that made the June 12 election historic is replicated in 2019 adding that the nation expects nothing less from Buhari.
He said: “Now that he has from the blues decided to honour Chief Abiola who won the freest and fairest election in our history, the world expects nothing less than a free, fair and credible election from Buhari come 2019.
That would properly showcase him as someone who truly believes in the honour he has done Abiola.”
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