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See What Femi Falana Asked President Buhari To Do To Heroes Of June 12 Struggle

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Nigerian human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari not to leave out other Nigerian heros who fought for the June 12 democracy day actualization.

Mr Falana who was guest on Channels Televisions Democracy Day edition of Sunrise Daily also asked the federal government to also identify other heroes of that struggle from all over the country.

This was not a NADECO and Afenifere affair.

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The beauty of those who are coming from the civil society who have found themselves either in the executive or the legislature is to ensure that those ideals are actualised and implemented in Government, that is why June 12 is so significant.

He added that after the elections, candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC), Bashir Tofa, was under pressure to go to the tribunal and it was at that point the civil societies and trade unions began the struggle.

The point has been made abundantly clear, after that election, Bashir Tofa, the other candidate congratulated his opponent and that is what is done in any civilised society; he was under pressure to go to the tribunal but he said no.

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From that moment, the civil society came in, the progressive trade unions came in and made the country ungovernable for the dictators.

They were waging the struggle when some of us were captured and taken to jail houses, they made it ungovernable for the military dictators to have their way, at the end we won the battle for the restoration, he added.