June 12: How can we forget? (1)

[Chido Onumah]

June 12: How can we forget? (1)

By Chido Onumah

“Reading about the June 12 period, for obvious reasons, is difficult for me, even now, 20 years after. It is difficult to think about all that we lost and all that we had stood to gain; to bear witness to how the main beneficiaries of so much sacrifice by so many were largely those who betrayed the cause; and to acknowledge the limits to the commitment espoused for democracy by its most vocal champions in the western world”. – Hafsat Abiola-Costello

“There was no annulment. You cannot annul an irregularity. The court stopped the election before it was held”. – Dr. Walter Ofonagoro, ex-Minister of Information

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Regards,
Chido Onumah
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