June 12, the 18th anniversary of the annulled 1993 presidential election.

It is the anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. 18 years ago, Nigerians had defied the odds to take part in the election that was widely adjudged to meet the international standards of transparency and won

by the late Chief MKO Abiola. The poll was, however, annulled by the then military regime, throwing the nation into months of turmoil. Senator Jonathan Zwingina who was the director general of Abiola political organisation, Mr Yinka Odumakin, a member of Afenifere, Prof. Omo Omoruyi, former Director General of the defunct Center for Democratic Studies (CDS) and Chief Supo Shonibare, chairman, Lagos State chapter of Afenifere, speak on June 12 vis-a-vis the 2011 polls.

is the anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. 18 years ago, Nigerians had defied the odds to take part in the election that was widely adjudged to meet the international standards of transparency and won by the late Chief MKO Abiola. The poll was, however, annulled by the then military regime, throwing the nation into months of turmoil. Senator Jonathan Zwingina who was the director general of Abiola political organisation, Mr Yinka Odumakin, a member of Afenifere, Prof. Omo Omoruyi, former Director General of the defunct Center for Democratic Studies (CDS) and Chief Supo Shonibare, chairman, Lagos State chapter of Afenifere, speak on June 12 vis-a-vis the 2011 polls.