2023 Presidential Ticket to South West Best Memorial for MKO-Ahmed Lawal

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One of Adamawa's APC stalwart and the current state organising secretary of the party, Ahmed Lawal has lauded president Muhammadu Buhari's courage in making the June twelve Nigeria's day to remember democracy.


Ahmed Lawal said that Nigeria and the APC, should take a step further by handing over the 2023 presidential ticket of the party to South West in honour of the acclaimed winner of the June twelve, 1992 elections, Moshood Abiola.


Ahmed Lawal made this remarks in an exclusive chat with Daily Sun, Saturday in Yola.


Ahmed Lawal said, "June twelve Democracy Day is a milestone in Nigeria's history and anyone who embraces democracy in Nigeria should be proud of what Buhari has done and it takes so much courage to do.


"So many Nigerian leaders have shied away from talking or acting about it because of the controversy arising from the date and fear of being scandalised but this is what Nigerians want, respect, rule of law and honour for those who fought and bled for democracy and that is what Nigerians should remember as significant for this date. 


"It was not marked to spite or contradict anyone one but to celebrate the common value we share in the belief in democracy as the best form of government that would serve this country and its people. And Buhari must be praised for this day."


Speaking on the acceptability of the date he said, "I don't think Nigerians rejected it in anyway, on the contrary, it has been welcomed with huge applause across party and regional lines.


"Before now, there have been calls that June twelve be declared democracy day or in one way or the other be marked as a significant date in the history of the country and in honour of lives lost in the cause of democracy that led to the return of democracy in 1999. 


"And those calls were from all over the country, from the north, from the south and particularly from the south west. 


"You would also agree with me that these calls were both the private views and public reservations of most Nigerians and even the international community. 


"So, the declaration of June twelve as democracy day is a point of order in the history of our democracy in Nigeria and it would have remained recurring narrative in our democratic discourse if it was not resolved as president Muhammadu Buhari did and thank God it is now behind us. 


"Besides some few reservations, there was no resistance or opposition to it because it was a universal issue."


"I hope that with this, we will be able to get to a point where what matters more is to be able to put in power people who are competent and capable to lead, people with merit and credibility. 


"We want to get to a point where it doesn't matter where you come from or who your parents are, if you are competent, you can be anything and get to the highest position in the country."


Lawal explained that, "I have said it before and I believe that 2023 presidential ticket of the APC must go to the south west. 


"Since, I made this comment last time, some members of my party have been hatching a plot to suspend me out of the party but I am not move and I will still hold my ground that power must go to the west. 


"This is Federalism for God sake and that is how it should be. 


"It is indescent, undemocratic and against the spirit of fair play that anyone in the north should want to seek for 2023 ticket. 


"Nigerians must reflect on the fact that the west has been the strongest advocate and proponents of democracy and they have always been the pillar of democracy in the country, so Nigerians should return the kindness to the region for standing for this system of government. 


"As a matter of fact, I have made it my personal task and duty from this June twelve forward to begin to engage and mobilise my fellow northerners to support the idea that power must return to the South West."

 

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