June 12

June 12: IBB’s Admission And Unresolved Ndigbo Injustice

February 28, 2025 12:00 am

In the annals of Nigerian history, few events have left as indelible a mark as the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. This decision, made by Nigeria’s then military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), continues to reverberate through the nation’s political and social fabric. While IBB has, in his memoir A Journey in Service, attempted to clarify the ethnic dimensions of the 1966 coup and assert that the coup was not exclusively an Igbo-driven plot, his actions surrounding the annulment of June 12 have only deepened the wounds of a nation still struggling to reconcile with …

How A Tinubu’s Presidency Will Heal June 12 Mistake – Keyamo

July 8, 2022 5:43 am

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has asserted that electing the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in 2023 will correct what he described as ‘the June 12, 1993 election anomaly’.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the June 12 1993 presidential election was reportedly won by the late philanthropist, Chief M.K.O Abiola. However, the election was annulled by the military junta led by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd), for yet to be fully clarified reasons.

Going down memory lane yesterday, Keyamo in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle, …

2023 Polls Must Be Free, Credible To Honour Abiola – Buhari

June 12, 2022 2:53 am

On the celebration of this year’s Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja promised to facilitate a ‘free, fair, and transparent electoral process’ in next year’s general elections.

This, he pointed out, would be the best way to honour the memory of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late MKO Abiola.

Buhari made the pledge on Saturday in his 2022 Democracy Day speech.

The President called on political parties, candidates, and the electorate not to regard the elections as a do-or-die affair, adding that democracy is about the will of the majority and …