MKO Abiola cannot be awarded GCFR, he is dead man, not a Nigerian – Dino Melaye
10 June 2018 |
7:00 am
Buhari in a press release on Wednesday, June 6 declared June 12 as the new Nigeria’s Democracy Day even as he directed Abiola be conferred with highest national honour, GCFR.
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