Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in the 2023 general elections, Dumebi Kachikwu, has said that late MKO Abiola didn’t get justice but gave Nigerians justice.
According to Kachikwu, even though the democracy day broadcast by president Bola Tinubu was reassuring, for too long, the Nigerian people have endured a lot, urging him to ensure every Nigerian gets justice.
In a statement he personally signed, Kachikwu said Nigerians have kept faith when promises made by successive governments didn’t materialise.
“We have been asked to be patient until we no longer know what it means to be patient.
“Today our president has once again asked us to be patient as the cost of living rises astronomically due to the removal of petroleum subsidies. On a day when we should celebrate the essence of democracy, we don’t have much to celebrate.
“Our new president is already taking baby steps unlike President Buhari who crawled throughout his 8 years in office. Nigerians are all in agreement that we want a president who sees his time in office as a 100-metre sprint.
“We all yearn for the hope promised us by the man M.K.O Abiola three decades ago. His message resonated with most Nigerians and as such Nigerians from all walks of life trooped out to vote for him in an election adjudged to be free and fair. Desperate men didn’t allow him to take the oath of office but in our hearts and minds he remains the president we know.
“Thirty years later his fight for a better Nigeria remains unfinished. It is an unending fight for all true patriots and lovers of democracy. It is a fight not just for yesterday but for today and our tomorrow.
“It is a fight our president has promised to sustain, and we take him at his word because Nigeria has never needed a people’s champion like we do today.
“He should now go beyond campaign rhetoric and put in place the processes and plans required to rebuild our nation. While we understand the difficulties before him in bringing our nation back from the brink, he must also understand he asked for this job and as such he must deliver all he has promised to the Nigerian people,” Kachikwu said.
