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Engr Chris Emeka Azubogu insists “… that people who risked their lives to do what is right for the country deserve honour.”
The leading aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party for November 6, Anambra governorship election, Engr Azubogu has revealed what motivated him to strongly call for the inclusion of former National Electoral Commission (NEC) boss, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu in the June 12 Honour list following his unfortunate exclusion from the list.
According to Azubogu, who is the member representing Nnewi North/ Nnewi South/ Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, his contribution to the motion that sought the recognition of ‘June 12’ as Democracy Day was informed by the need for patriots who, against all odds and risk to their lives, stood their ground and did what was right for our country to be accorded the honour they deserve.
The Lawmaker made the call in the life of the 8th Assembly on the floor of the House of Representatives while contributing on the motion recalled:
”My insistence on the inclusion of Prof. Humphrey Nwosu in the June 12 Honour list was a call for an unbiased recognition of all that were involved at critical levels in bringing about the watershed that is today referred to as ‘June 12’. And it is not in doubt that Prof. Humphrey Nwosu rates as one of the best electoral umpires Nigeria has had. ”
Azubogu who explained that ‘June 12’ is not just about a person or group, but the commitment of a people to take charge of the democratization processes of their country stressed that, “… not adding Prof. Humphrey Nwosu to the list makes it incomplete.”
Prof. Humphrey Nwosu who hails from Ajali in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State was a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and also the Chairman of the defunct NEC that conducted the June 12, 1993 election involving the National Republican Convention (NRC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP).
It will be recalled that the result of the poll widely regarded as Nigeria’s best: freest and fairest election and which was to produced MKO Abiola as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigerian, in what we refer to today as ‘June 12’, was annulled at the conclusion stages giving birth to the abortion of the Third Republic by the then military regime.
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Azubogu Media Office
June 12, 2021
