Declare December 31 ‘democracy destruction day’, Abaribe mocks Buhari

Buhari while an Army General had on December 31, 1983, led the coup which overthrew the democratically elected government of Shehu Shagari.

Speaking at plenary on Thursday, June 7, 2018, Abaribe commended President Buhari for recognizing the contributions of Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.

The Abia lawmaker also advised the federal government to write the National Assembly for the legislature to commence amendments on sections of the constitution which had been breached by the award of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on late Abiola.

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“I support what Senator Olujimi and also what the Deputy Senate President had said, insisting that there may have to be an amendment of the constitution.

“I also want to add that it would also be necessary for the executive to quickly bring to the national assembly, an amendment to the honours act which states that there cannot be posthumous award. Now that they have jumped the gun to do posthumous award, it would be necessary for us to quickly amend that act.

“Finally, I want to also propose another day since we are now moving in the right direction, saying that democracy is needed, I want to propose that we also designate 31 December as Democracy destruction day because that was the day that this same president did a coup,” Abaribe announced.