TINUBU TO IMMORTALISE MKO
Thursday July 8, 1999, Pg.5
Olusegun Dawodu and ten others.
Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu has pledged that his government will build a democratic hall of fame in Lagos as a lasting monumental gift to Chief death anniversary was marked yesterday. M.K.O. Abiola whose first year Making the pledge at the 1st MKO Abiola Memorial 50 Lecture which hed at the national theatre, Lagos by Alex Ugwukah yesterday, Tinubu said that the site of the monumental edifice was yet to be determined.Tinubu, in his speech, Campaign for Democracy (CD) commended the efforts of organizing such a thoughtful event to mark the passing on of this “hero of democracy”.
He said the occasion further marked acelebration for the triumph of democracy in African’s most populous country.” He noted that the death of Abiola clearly marked a sharp turning point in the history of the country, “given its cause/direction and the eventual precedents and antecedents for the achievement of democracy in Nigeria.”In the main lecture entitled: Abiola and June 12: Nigeria’s Present and Future”Chief Frank Kokori, the guest lecturer, recounted his prison days and incarceration of Abiola, Olisa Agbakoba, Dr Beko Ransome Kuti and others in the struggle during the Babangida/Abachayears.
Kokori pointedout further that, without MKO and the June 12 saga, democracy will still have been unrealised given the evil intention of the looters whom we once counted as our leaders”.
Olusegun Dawodu and ten others.
Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu has pledged that his government will build a democratic hall of fame in Lagos as a lasting monumental gift to Chief death anniversary was marked yesterday. M.K.O. Abiola whose first year Making the pledge at the 1st MKO Abiola Memorial 50 Lecture which hed at the national theatre, Lagos by Alex Ugwukah yesterday, Tinubu said that the site of the monumental edifice was yet to be determined.Tinubu, in his speech, Campaign for Democracy (CD) commended the efforts of organizing such a thoughtful event to mark the passing on of this “hero of democracy”.
He said the occasion further marked acelebration for the triumph of democracy in African’s most populous country.” He noted that the death of Abiola clearly marked a sharp turning point in the history of the country, “given its cause/direction and the eventual precedents and antecedents for the achievement of democracy in Nigeria.”In the main lecture entitled: Abiola and June 12: Nigeria’s Present and Future”Chief Frank Kokori, the guest lecturer, recounted his prison days and incarceration of Abiola, Olisa Agbakoba, Dr Beko Ransome Kuti and others in the struggle during the Babangida/Abachayears.
Kokori pointedout further that, without MKO and the June 12 saga, democracy will still have been unrealised given the evil intention of the looters whom we once counted as our leaders”.
