June 12: Osun, Ondo Declare Monday Public Holiday

Monday, June 12, 2017 has been declared as public holiday in both Osun and Ondo states.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of osun state and his ondo state counterpart Oluwarotimi Akeredolu made the declaration in a separate statement.

Signed by their media aides, the statement says the declaration is to honour the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.

It noted that the late Abiola’s supreme sacrifice culminated in the hurried departure of the military from the nation's political scene in 1999.

It further stated that the public holiday became imperative in view of the fact that June 12 marked a watershed in the history of democratic evolution in the country.

It was the day the June 12, 1993 presidential election, adjudged to be the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria took place.

Late Bashorun Moshood Abiola won the election. However, victory was annulled by the then military head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida