Late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, will also be honoured post-humously with the Grand Commander of the Order Niger alongside Abiola’s running mate, Babagana Kingibe, at an event slated for the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari
has invited the major stakeholders in the struggle for the revalidation of the
annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election to the post-humous investiture of
the election’s winner, Chief Moshood Abiola, as the Grand Commander of the
Federal Republic.
According to a statement on
Friday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha,
those invited to the event include Kingibe, Abiola’s family members,
Fawehinmi’s family members and key players in the June 12 struggle.
Mustapha listed the key
players of the struggle to include members of the National Executive Committee
of the Social Democratic Party, including states chairmen and secretaries at
the time of the annulled election; state governors elected on the platform of
the SDP; former Presidents of the Senate – Iyorchia Ayu and Ameh Ebute -and
former Speaker Agunwa Anekwe along with principal officers of the National
Assembly elected on the platform of the SDP.
Other invitees are Speakers
of the State Houses of Assembly elected on the platform of the SDP; all
chairmen of the States Traditional Councils from the six South-Western States;
Prof. Wole Soyinka; Mr. Femi Falana (SAN); Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Chief Bisi
Akande; Ms. Ayo Obe; Bayo Onanuga (The News); Kunle Ajibade (Tempo); Nosa
Igiebor – (TELL); Kayode Komolafe (Media Hope 93); Senator Jonathan Zwingina
(DG, Hope 93); Frank Kokori and Prof. Humphrey Nwosu.
Also invited are President
of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu
Dogora, principal officers of the National Assembly and all state governors.
“INvitation letters have
been dispatched. However, should the invitation arrive late, this publication
serves as a formal invitation,” the statement added.
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