This is a new generation of Nigerians, no doubts. Very few active Nairaland members probably marched on the streets of Lagos in defiant attempts to actualizing June 12 struggle. Yet we cannot run away from our past. What are our thoughts on this watershed in our political history?

June 12 was a repayment of evil deed

^^ I dnt tink so.

Karma is a biatch

Sunehri_145: June 12 was a repayment of evil deed

Evil deed by who and repaid by who?

It so curious dat d response page 4 dis subject mata hasn't reached 20 or mor

Its obvious dat majority of 2day's NLers responders r youths who probably wer not around or too juvenile to recall wat happened during d June 12,93 struggle

Dats y dey feel a sense of triumphalism wt d present state of events in our country

Dey kno no beta cos dey grew up to kno n adopt ethnicity,religious intolerance n divide n rule tactics of d present occupiers of Federal powers(not individuals but d reactionary elites)

Dats y it always pains me 2d marrow seeing an ibo xtian lampooning a hausa muslim,n a yoruba guy calin an ibo man derogatory names cos d plan of d elites is seriously working

Dat is to kip us divided amongst ourselves wyl dey laff us to derision in d inner sanctum of dia palatial mansion

I fully participated in d activities of June 12,93 from d Onipanu-Jibowu axis of Ikd Rd

Evri nigerian irrespective of tongue n creed rose up in unison against d maradonic IBB regime

Even d Hausas wer veri livid abt ao tyns bcame n wer supplying us wt food stuffs wc our mothers then cook to bring back to us on d exp rd wyl daring d military

Even d military wil tel us wat dia orders wer n tel us 2 do as if dey r repelling us cos dey didn't wnt to shed any innocent blood until wen it bcame obvious pipo wer nt prepared to back down b4 d military bcame tough n started killing pipo n shooting in2 our midst

Several leaders came arnd 2 cheer us up

Ndubuisi Kanu,Arthur Nwankwo,Gani Fawehinmi n several odas

We wer 1 united pipo not lik wats obtainable 2day

June 12 was a watershed,notin can ever compare wt it!

20 years after! How time flies. If coup plotters and those who truncated our democracy could be referred to as former heads of state, I don't see why a man who won a presidential election and was killed for not abandoning that mandate should not be recognized officially as a former President ...

REHOZIBAH: It so curious dat d response page 4 dis subject mata hasn't reached 20 or mor

Its obvious dat majority of 2day's NLers responders r youths who probably wer not around or too juvenile to recall wat happened during d June 12,93 struggle

Dats y dey feel a sense of triumphalism wt d present state of events in our country

Dey kno no beta cos dey grew up to kno n adopt ethnicity,religious intolerance n divide n rule tactics of d present occupiers of Federal powers(not individuals but d reactionary elites)

Dats y it always pains me 2d marrow seeing an ibo xtian lampooning a hausa muslim,n a yoruba guy calin an ibo man derogatory names cos d plan of d elites is seriously working

Dat is to kip us divided amongst ourselves wyl dey laff us to derision in d inner sanctum of dia palatial mansion

I fully participated in d activities of June 12,93 from d Onipanu-Jibowu axis of Ikd Rd

Evri nigerian irrespective of tongue n creed rose up in unison against d maradonic IBB regime

Even d Hausas wer veri livid abt ao tyns bcame n wer supplying us wt food stuffs wc our mothers then cook to bring back to us on d exp rd wyl daring d military

Even d military wil tel us wat dia orders wer n tel us 2 do as if dey r repelling us cos dey didn't wnt to shed any innocent blood until wen it bcame obvious pipo wer nt prepared to back down b4 d military bcame tough n started killing pipo n shooting in2 our midst

Several leaders came arnd 2 cheer us up

Ndubuisi Kanu,Arthur Nwankwo,Gani Fawehinmi n several odas

We wer 1 united pipo not lik wats obtainable 2day

June 12 was a watershed,notin can ever compare wt it!

How does your homily above change the fact that MKO was a fraud, a coup plotter, and an embezzler of public funds?

The SDP's "Farewell To Poverty" Election Refrain

On The March Again

On The March Again

Looking For Mr President

On The March Again

MKO! Is The Man o

=============

My Brother, Wetin You Dey Think o

My Sister, Helep Don Come

SDP, MKO, Kingibe Action

MKO, Kingibe SDP Progress

Abiola Na The Hope o

SDP Na The Party

To Solve Our Problems

And Better Our Lives o

MKO, MKO, MKO Action

Abiola, Abiola, Abiola Progress!

Na him Be The Hope o

For Better Tomorrow!

REHOZIBAH: It so curious dat d response page 4 dis subject mata hasn't reached 20 or mor

Its obvious dat majority of 2day's NLers responders r youths who probably wer not around or too juvenile to recall wat happened during d June 12,93 struggle

Dats y dey feel a sense of triumphalism wt d present state of events in our country

Dey kno no beta cos dey grew up to kno n adopt ethnicity,religious intolerance n divide n rule tactics of d present occupiers of Federal powers(not individuals but d reactionary elites)

Dats y it always pains me 2d marrow seeing an ibo xtian lampooning a hausa muslim,n a yoruba guy calin an ibo man derogatory names cos d plan of d elites is seriously working

Dat is to kip us divided amongst ourselves wyl dey laff us to derision in d inner sanctum of dia palatial mansion

I fully participated in d activities of June 12,93 from d Onipanu-Jibowu axis of Ikd Rd

Evri nigerian irrespective of tongue n creed rose up in unison against d maradonic IBB regime

Even d Hausas wer veri livid abt ao tyns bcame n wer supplying us wt food stuffs wc our mothers then cook to bring back to us on d exp rd wyl daring d military

Even d military wil tel us wat dia orders wer n tel us 2 do as if dey r repelling us cos dey didn't wnt to shed any innocent blood until wen it bcame obvious pipo wer nt prepared to back down b4 d military bcame tough n started killing pipo n shooting in2 our midst

Several leaders came arnd 2 cheer us up

Ndubuisi Kanu,Arthur Nwankwo,Gani Fawehinmi n several odas

We wer 1 united pipo not lik wats obtainable 2day

June 12 was a watershed,notin can ever compare wt it!

Touché! Well spoken. But my concern is that even if we weren't that old then, how about other historical events that all eye witnesses to have long passed away, but are still being debated and analyzed by people today. WHY CAN'T WE EQUALLY STUDY JUNE 12 even if for the historical benefit?

Still the fairest election ever held in Nigeria.

9gerian shuld stop bodering demself wit Jun12 n move on wit their lyfs. Where was abiola wen ibb step down in 1993. For 3 monts sheneko ruled 9geria he kept quiet. Wen abacha took ova he began 2 rant rubbish. Did he expect abacha an army general 2 step down 4 him. Abeg my pple make una leave d man jare. He killed himself.

Like If You Dont Understand This Topic.

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I think I Am The Only One Alone Here. I no even Knw wetn dem dey talk

June 12 just repeated itself in a smaller scale.......Amaechi and the NGF....its called political chancing

IBB trew his name into dustbin instead of writing it with gold.

MKO Abiola was one of those that destroyed the country. There was no assurance that he would have been a good president.

Justice should be allowed to previal. Nigerian in unisome should raise and call on FG to investigate and prosecute all those found responsible for this injustice.

June12 can suck deez nutzz!

June 12...~the labors of our heroes past

It's a cry over spilled milk and vain exhumation of the past.

Starlett: This is a new generation of Nigerians, no doubts. Very few active Nairaland members probably marched on the streets of Lagos in defiant attempts to actualizing June 12 struggle.

In other words, they are mostly people of 'Indomie generation'

Maxymilliano: 20 years after! How time flies. If coup plotters and those who truncated our democracy could be referred to as former heads of state, I don't see why a man who won a presidential election and was killed for not abandoning that mandate should not be recognized officially as a former President ...

Why should he be recognized when he wasn't sworn in.
Abeg don't bend our law with your myopic sentiment.

I wasn't born as at then, I'm just tired of people beeching on about an event that is as old as a University graduate. It's like Biafra, e don happen, stop crying about the past and look ahead, how come the Aba women's riot hasn't been overflogged like this? Wasn't it also a historical turning point in our political history? Na every June 12 una go dey talk of 'death of democracy' and people go dey drop epistle on the matter like sey na their papa dem win, yet una go just post finish go sleep until next June 12, nothing achieved. Abeg we get match today, make we talk the one wey we dey alive to see presently.

Starlett: This is a new generation of Nigerians, no doubts. Very few active Nairaland members probably marched on the streets of Lagos in defiant attempts to actualizing June 12 struggle. Yet we cannot run away from our past. What are our thoughts on this watershed in our political history?

an insignificant date for an insignificant man celebrated by insignificant pepl

Twas the first year Nigerians came out enmass to choose their leader,they voted for who they believed would represent their interest but unfortunately,they were denied their favorite !!!


It was a day worth remembering,a truly Democracy Day !!!

I don't feel june 12 is different from normal day.So,why people wasted their time on dead issue,well as for me lives goes on
R.I.P- M. K .O

I don't think that you can compare Biafra to June 12. People can't easily "forget" stuff like a war.

The scale of impact is miles apart for both events.

I can however sense all of the hypocrisy in this celebration.

safarigirl: I wasn't born as at then, I'm just tired of people beeching on about an event that is as old as a University graduate. It's like Biafra, e don happen, stop crying about the past and look ahead, how come the Aba women's riot hasn't been overflogged like this? Wasn't it also a historical turning point in our political history? Na every June 12 una go dey talk of 'death of democracy' and people go dey drop epistle on the matter like sey na their papa dem win, yet una go just post finish go sleep until next June 12, nothing achieved. Abeg we get match today, make we talk the one wey we dey alive to see presently.

Maxymilliano: The SDP's "Farewell To Poverty" Election Refrain

On The March Again

On The March Again

Looking For Mr President

On The March Again

MKO! Is The Man o

=============

My Brother, Wetin You Dey Think o

My Sister, Helep Don Come

SDP, MKO, Kingibe Action

MKO, Kingibe SDP Progress

Abiola Na The Hope o

SDP Na The Party

To Solve Our Problems

And Better Our Lives o

MKO, MKO, MKO Action

Abiola, Abiola, Abiola Progress!

Na him Be The Hope o

For Better Tomorrow!

Who told you he is the man? Don't you know he hates Christians?

nnenna.1:
I don't think that you can compare Biafra to June 12. People can't easily "forget" stuff like a war.

The scale of impact is miles apart for both events.

I can however sense all of the hypocrisy in this celebration.

Seconded. 100times

Mistade Regal:
Who told you he is the man? Don't you know he hates Christians?

For real? The same man who died singing Christian hymns

I think we can take it for granted that Abiola died for Nigeria's good. He chose to stick to a popular mandate rather than renounce it and enjoy his money peacefully. What we don't know is if he would have equally made a good leader. we don't know if after 2 yrs in the saddle, his whole attention would have been turned to re-election politiking, and if after 8 yrs in the saddle, he would have started sharing GMG's to NASS members in a 3rd term bid. But perhaps such low life attributes can only be associated with those who didn't win a popular mandate like MKO did.

safarigirl: I wasn't born as at then, I'm just tired of people beeching on about an event that is as old as a University graduate. It's like Biafra, e don happen, stop crying about the past and look ahead, how come the Aba women's riot hasn't been overflogged like this? Wasn't it also a historical turning point in our political history? Na every June 12 una go dey talk of 'death of democracy' and people go dey drop epistle on the matter like sey na their papa dem win, yet una go just post finish go sleep until next June 12, nothing achieved. Abeg we get match today, make we talk the one wey we dey alive to see presently.

HIstorical events can never be forgotten simply because those who are around today weren't eye witnesses. No nation does that and prospers. No way. and for your info, Safarigirl, the Aba women's riot hasn't been forgotten at all. It's still a reference point in History classes and labour struggles. Point is, you can never tell who's going to be inspired by what historical event and arise to do something different in our generation!

For the igbos who died during the "Oso Abiola ",may their souls rest in peace. amen!