Former ALP governorship candidate blasts Senators standing against immortalization of Humphrey Nwosu

Chief Ikeotuonye

Former governorship candidate under the African Liberation Party (ALP) in Anambra State, Chief Imoyeto Ikeotuonye has declared that Senator Solomon Olamilekan, representing Ogun West could not beat his chest and say he was not speaking on ethnic lines over his stand on the immortalization of late National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairman, Humphrey Nwosu.

Chief Ikeotuonye who spoke to our Correspondent in Nnewi, weekend, wondered why the Senator and his likes did not say that M. K. O. Abiola should be stripped of the honours given to him, adding that the June 12 celebration should also be cancelled.

He said it was a common knowledge that if not for Nwosu’s bravery there would not be June 12 history.

” Nwosu defied the court injunction for that election not to hold, defied the military to release the results and was announcing the results when the military top brass picked him up.

“Senator Olamilekan stood in the hallowed chambers to change the narrative and said his brother died while behind him but failed to state the circumstances leading to his brother’s death if it was before or after the June 12.

” Nwosu, the man who midwived that historic election, the June 12 that remains Nigeria’s most transparent and credible electoral process, is who Senator Olamilekan is talking down on so brazenly.

“The reason, no doubt, is that in an unrepentantly Igbophobic Nigeria, excellence alone does not earn recognition.

“Despite Nwosu’s integrity and service, a contrived political fate, one he had no power to rewrite, has banished him to the margins of history. Without Nwosu’s bravery over June 12, there would not have been this democracy people like Senators Olamilekan, Adams Oshimole and others enjoy today.

“The least he could have shown is gratitude to Nwosu, not to speak in the manner he did.

“Nwosu’s work offered a template for democratic reform across Africa. His commission gave Nigeria a glimpse of what real democracy could look like.

“Senators from the East should wake up and face this Igbophobia frontally. Not joining forces with Senate President over trivial matters when Senators from Senate President’s State are quiet. Enough of sitting on fence, “Chief Ikeotuonye concluded.

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