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former Nigerian vice president AO abaka
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has sympathized with the president and
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commander-in chief of the Nigeria Armed
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Forces brotheru over the former vice
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president described as unfortunate
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incident that occurred on Wednesday
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morning at e Square when the president
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entered the ceremonial vehicle to
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inspect and review the military and
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paramilitary parades lined up for the
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2024 democracy Day celebration in his
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words AO amaka who was the people's
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Democratic party PDP presidential
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candidate in the last generation
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elections in Nigeria said I sincerely
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sympathize with president bolu at
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official about over this unfortunate
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incident as he was sent to review the
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parade on Democracy day I do hope that
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all is well with him we had earlier
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reported that all may not be well held
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wise with Nigerian president b as he
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fell down completely few minutes ago at
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a public event organized to mark this
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year 2024 democracy Day celebration a
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video posted online that captured the
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moment president B and fell down before
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he could come his way showed the
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president entered the ceremonial vehicle
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position to enable him move around the
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eagle Square Stadium to inspect and
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review the military and paramilitary
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parades line up for the June 12th
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democracy day anniversary it was
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observed that President B andu entered
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the vehicle completely and while trying
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to stand up and wa to the crowd he fell
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down completely inside the vehicle he
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was quickly helped by the security
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operatives around him Tim was built to
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also unel the world's largest pron
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portrait in Abuja after he arrives in
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square for the Democracy Day celebration
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ATU abaka in earlier statement to
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commemorate this year democracy day said
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the secondary purpose of declaring every
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June 12th as democracy day in our
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country is to commemorate the history
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history of our long journey of becoming
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a stable Democratic country truth be
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told there's no substitute to democracy
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as a form of government whereas our
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current Democratic dispensation is a
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quarter of a century old it will not be
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out of place to pay tributes to the
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sacrifices made by many patriots chiefly
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among the B mko Abol and his beloved
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Abola and Alfani among many others the
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historical timeline of the struggle that
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bu this democracy is abundance with a
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series of coalitions and alliances
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amongst the political leaderships of
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that eror to flush away the vestiges of
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military and dictatorial governance in
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order to return power to the people it
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is commendable that for 25 years we have
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witnessed an uninterrupted season of
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electoral politics it is an
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unprecedented Epoch in our history it is
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wory of Celebration and Commendation
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must go to the people of our great
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country I must also congratulate the
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political class for having embraced the
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rectitude of nurturing a democracy as
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well as the Civil Society it is
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important that all stakeholders continue
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to do their be to ensure the
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sustainability of our democracy but our
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democracy is not yet be run if it
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continually fails to deliver the
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promises of prosperity and Liberty to
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the people however the past 9 years has
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thrown up a regime of extreme hardship
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manifested in excruciating poverty and
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unprecedented levels of violence and
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insecurity Upon Our People sadly the
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ruling all progressives Congress is to
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blame for bringing forth this dawn of
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blue but the opposition political
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parties are even more guilty than the
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ruling party for the saving lack of
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capacity to come together and ganize a
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coalition that will retire the ruling
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party and articulate a plan of good
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governance that will earn the conviction
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of Nigeria today the feelings of the
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opposition parties to uphold the
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functionality of their existence is the
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mental threat to our democracy they
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earlier realize that the fortunes of
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Nigeria lies in their forun a coalition
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the better it will be for our country
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