Rights Groups Demand Recognition of June 12 Activists, Martyrs

By: Mandy Park Human rights groups, including the Defend Nigeria Movement (DNM) and Nigeria’s Unite for Democracy (NUD), have called on the Federal Government to recognize the coalition of June 12 activists and martyrs. This demand comes as the nation marks the 32nd anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election. Addressing the media at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja on Thursday, Comrade Razaq Olokoba, Convener of the groups, said that they “recollect with nostalgia how Nigerians all over the country on the historic day of June 12 1993,…

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