June 12 is Nigeria's genuine democracy day -Civil rights leader

LEADER of the civil rights community in the North, Malam Shehu Sani, has said June 12 is Nigeria's genuine democracy day and urged President Goodluck Jonathan to apologise to Nigerians for the unjust arrest and incarceration of Chief MKO Abiola and other political prisoners detained or sent to exile during the late General Sani Abacha-led regime.Sani, speaking in Kaduna, said June 12 was a day of unity and true reflection of Nigeria's history of struggle for democracy, adding that without the June 12 struggle, Nigeria could not have realised civil rule.According to him, President Jonathan was a direct beneficiary of the June 12 struggle, because without June 12, there could not have been zoning system or the principle of rotation of power.Sani, the president of Kaduna-based Civil Rights Congress (CRC) of Nigeria, explained further that it was unfortunate that despite the struggle, Nigeria's democracy was hijacked by looters and exploiters.He observed that the 13 years of civil rule had been a period of waste, mis-governance, violence and monumental corruption.
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