Today is Nigeria’s Democracy Day.
Democracy day is a day set aside to commemorate the restoration of democracy in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
May 29 was initially the official democracy day in Nigeria, marking when the newly elected Olusegun Obasanjo took office as the President of Nigeria in 1999, ending multiple decades of military rule that began in 1966 and had been interrupted only by a brief period of democracy from 1979 to 1983.
The President Buhari-led Federal Government of Nigeria, however, on June 6, 2018, declared June 12 to be the new Democracy Day to commemorate the democratic election of MKO Abiola on June 12, 1993, in what has been adjudged to be Nigeria’s freest and fairest elections, but was, however, cancelled by Ibrahim Babangida Junta and MKO Abiola detained after he declared himself president.
Colourful ceremonies are expected in the country’s capital, Abuja today and some parts of the country, even as the Government as declared next week Monday Public holiday in commemoration.
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