Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over steps taken to immortalize the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, MKO Abiola.
Fayose who took to his Twitter handle to express his views berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo for failing to honour Abiola during his administration. He blamed Obasanjo's refusal to immortalize Abiola on ego.
His tweet read
“Honouring MKO Abiola by Buhari is to Obasanjo’s shame. It remains a sore-point of his political history that because of ego, Obasanjo, who’s the greatest beneficiary of the June 12, 1993 struggle, failed to honour his kinsman, MKO Abiola. So, I commend President Buhari.”
Buhari had earlier declared June 12 as the nation's democracy day and took steps to honour Abiola and Babagana Kingibe his running mate. On Wednesday, the president renamed the national stadium after Abiola in a bid to immortalize him.
