"Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again"-Chinua Achebe
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Wednesday 12, June 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of a free and fair election to have ever taken place on Nigerian Soil. That day, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was the anticipated winner of the presidential election as figures coming in showed that he was in overall lead in fourteen states. The world was watching and the Nigerian populace was eagerly awaiting a real change to take place in Nigeria.
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The Military regime under the command of IBB put an abrupt stop to that and it cited "manipulation of elections" of the primary result by the presidential candidates. International and national election monitors confirmed the contrary that it was the most free and fair election in the country's history.