Islamic Group, MURIC has reacted to protests by some Nigerians on June 12, describing those who took to the streets as being ungrateful.
MURIC in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola on Monday, said Nigerians were ungrateful to President Buhari the way the 12 lepers were ungrateful to Jesus Christ.
He, also said since Buhari gave an official recognition to June 12, when all past rulers had failed to do so, Nigerians had no moral right to protest.
“June 12 should be a day for all Nigerians to celebrate Chief M.K.O. Abiola for his sacrifices on the altar of democracy. He was the man who paid the supreme sacrifice after winning the presidential election held on June 12, 1993, which was criminally annulled by the military,” he said.
“The Nigerian civil society, including MURIC, had been clamouring for the official recognition of that day as Democracy Day but none of our past rulers listened, not even Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who hails from the same city of Abeokuta like M.K.O.
“It was a northerner, a Fulani, President Muhammadu Buhari, who eventually proclaimed June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. It is our contention that for that alone, the people of the South West should show gratitude to Buhari. But what do we see?” Akintola added.
