Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Nigeria’s Democracy Day.
The former Ambassador to the Benin Republic published the message on his Facebook page.
“I congratulate President Bola
Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of 2023 Nigeria’s Democracy Day Celebrations.
Tinubu’s emergence as the 16th democratically elected President of Nigeria is
another milestone in Nigeria’s march to an enduring democracy,” he wrote.
According to him, Tinubu has seen it all in his struggle to
ensure democracy takes root in Nigeria, saying that his years in the trenches
in the early 1990s brought him out as a true democrat.
He also congratulated Nigerians for
their resilience since 1999 to ensure democracy is sustained through their
votes, assuring that with Tinubu in the saddle, his “Renewed Hope Agenda” is a
sure way to Nigeria’s greatness in all ramifications of national development.
“Let me also pay tribute to Chief
MKO Abiola GCFR for his sacrifice, which today June 12 we are celebrating. This
is a clear confirmation that his sacrifice has not gone in vain. His spirits of
selflessness, patriotism, and unity are worthy of emulation by all democratic
leaders nationally and globally,” he stressed.
According to him, Abiola was an
international figure who fought for reparation as restitution for the
injustices done to the black race worldwide, calling on the United Nations (UN) to declare 12 June every year as World Democracy Day.
“It is an honour well deserved by
Chief MKO Abiola of blessed memory and all lovers of democracy by the
international community,” he opined.
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