Delta Assembly Hopeful To Nigerians: Replicate June 12 In 2019 General Election

A House of Assembly hopeful in Delta State, Engr Chukwumah Philip Ugbomah has urged Nigerians to conduct themselves the way they did in June 12 1993 presidential election and ensure the 2019 elections is hitch free.

Ugbomah, said that Nigerians should ensure the 2019 election goes the way of the June 12 1993 presidential election which was adjudged as freest and fairest election in Nigeria and presumably won by late Chief MKO Abiola.

In a statement on Wednesday, Engr. Ugbomah, who expressed his support for the Federal Government decision to immortalise June 12 as the new Democracy Day, said such move had been viewed as a right step to heal the wounds of that election.

“This move is viewed by myself and other unrepentant democrats as a right step in the right direction. My reason for supporting this move is not farfetched. I strongly believe that by restoring June 12, we send a clear signal of our readiness to positively rewrite our history by assuring ourselves and the rest of the world that from this day, votes of the Nigerian electorates would count.

He said that June 12 goes beyond Abiola’s fight to secure the mandate given to him by Nigerians as it also connotes the collective quest by Nigerians for freedom from all form of autocratic leadership in the country.

“June 12 is also emblematic of our collective quest for freedom. Freedom from military autocracy, freedom from coercion and despotism, freedom even from the internal enemies of this country”.

He stated that the posthumous honour of GCFR conferred on the acclaimed winner of the election is part of measure to heal the wounds, saying “no system develops a nation faster than which reflects in totality the will of the people.”

“By elevating the acclaimed winner of the June 12 election to the highest cadre of national honour posthumously, we have again reassured our people that there is a standing order that will respect the wish of the people in a free, fair and credible contest.

“No other system develops a nation faster than that which reflects in totality the will of the people.”

Engr. Ugbomah who is an apostle of free and fair election, stated that no reason should ever make any leader truncate a process that was adjudged credible.

“No reason should ever make any leader truncate a process that was adjudged credible. I call on our people from Ndokwa East, Delta and Nigeria in general to again have faith in the system.

“I equally admonish those in positions of authority to ensure that the mistakes that turned the joys of June 12 1993, to sorrow is never repeated again at any level of our polity. Let the people decide. Let the votes count”, he added.