(http://www.ogunstate.gov.ng/images/stories/jun%2012%202013.jpg)Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has described the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola as a watershed. He said the election was adjudged internationally as the "freest and fairest election to have ever been conducted in Nigeria."
The governor spoke yesterday in Abeokuta during the 2013 Democracy Walk to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1993 Poll. Amosun, according to a statement by his media aide, Funmi Wakama, said Nigerians across ethnic and religious divides turned out in millions to vote for MKO Abiola in the 1993 Presidential Election.
"Muslims, Christians, women and youths above the age of 18 all over the country cast their votes for Chief Abiola in a peaceful, free and fair atmosphere. That election marked a watershed in the history of Nigeria," the governor said.
Amosun noted that the current civil rule was a product of the sacrifice made by people like Abiola and urged Nigerians to work towards entrenching democratic norms in the country. He called on the Federal Government to declare June 12 a national holiday and immortalise Chief MKO Abiola.
Via: Ogun State Government - Official Press Release
Ogun state is definately a state that would always remember the June 12 incident. It would always linger in their memory.