The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Scandinavia has honoured late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola popularly known as MKO with the Posthumous Award of Democracy Champion while Hon. Adedapo Lam –Adeshina was honored with an Outstanding Leadership Award.
The Awards of Outstanding Leadership was presented to Hon. Adedapo Lam-Adeshina by the National Women Leader, APC Scandinavia, Yeye Oge Mary Nike Brakner.
Hon. Lam-Adeshina in his speech of acceptance enthusiastically thanked APC Scandinavia members and promised to continue to live by the title of the award.
Hon. Adedapo Lam-Adeshina is one of the youngest and brilliant Members of Federal House of Representative, representing Oyo South-East/North-East Federal constituency.
He was a recipient because of his stallion performances in different capacities and for serving as a beacon of light and inspiration for both old and younger generation who already lost hope in good governance and youth inclusion in scheme of Nigeria democracy. Hon. Lam-Adeshina was one of the best minds that the Swedish Government selected for the 2015 VP SwedenAbroad, first of its kind in Sweden Nigeria foreign relations.
Late Chief MKO Posthumous Award of Democracy Champion was presented by the Chairman/ National Coordinator of APC Scandinavia, Mr. Ayoola Lawal and the award was received on behalf of MKO by Hon. Rinsola Abiola, daughter of late MKO and the youngest board member of trustees of APC.
Rinsola displayed affection for the award when she thanked the APC Scandinavia for the recognition.
In her statement she said the family often discussed and wonder why MKO is yet to be properly
Acknowledged his honor in Nigeria history by the Nigerian government. However, she believes that does that refused to acknowledged her father his appropriate place in Nigerian history will never and can never be greater than MKO even in death. She said she will deliver the award to the family.
Mr. Ayoola said that it was a great honor and privilege to be chosen to present the first of its international kind of posthumous award to the late father of contemporary democracy in Nigeria and his own hero, MKO. He said the award was long overdue because MKO lived and died for the believe in an egalitarian society for Nigerians and anyone living in Scandinavia can really relate to what MKO courageously stood and died for.
The distortion of Nigeria’s democratic aspiration started with the annulment of the June 12 1993 free and fair elections and since the sad events of 1993, election riggers had perfected the art.
He said that Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election deserve a proper national and international honor in which APC Scandinavia is the pacesetter in this regards.
The South West region already adopted June 12 as a red day (holiday) but June 12 was a national issue.
He deserved a Posthumous nation´s highest honor, Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), having won the acclaimed free and fair 1993 presidential elections and laid down his life for the contemporary democracy in Nigeria.
We are very hopeful that our APC led administration will build a groundswell of national consensus to do the needful in this respect and put an end to the June 12 saga.
Now is the time to start to celebrate our real and authentic heroes and heroines rather than glamourizing political criminals and pre acted movies stars.
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