A former Governor of Abia State, Dr.
Orji Uzor Kalu, will on Wednesday deliver a lecture to commemorate
the 20th anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential
election.
The election, described as the freest
and fairest so far in the democratic journey of Nigeria, was won by
late business mogul, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.
It was annulled by the military regime
of retired General Ibrahim Babangida.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of
the election, Kalu will speak on the topic: "20 years after June
12: Options for survival," at a lecture organized by the Oodua
People's Congress.
The lecture, which holds at Excellence
Hotel, Ogba, Lagos State, on June 12 at 11am, according to the
National Coordinator of the OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, who is also the
Chief Host, will have Kalu as the Guest Speaker and renowned
academic, Prof. Akin Oyebode as Chairman.
The Special Guests of Honour for the
lecture will be the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt.
Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji; a former President of the Nigeria Bar
Association, Dame Priscilla Kuye; and the President, Campaign for
Democracy/Women Arise, Dr. Joe-Okei-Odumakin.
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