By Abdul Razaq Ibrahim
As part of the activities marking the celebration of this year’s June 12 Day, Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led Ogun State Government has concluded plans to host a commemorative football match between ex-Abiola Babes Internationals and the All Stars Team of Ogun State.
June 12 every year has been set aside, particularly by the Southwest governments to mark and celebrate the 1993 Presidential election popularly believed to have won by late Moshood Abiola of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP), but later died as political prisoner under the military regimes of Generals Sanni Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar in 1998.
The match, according to Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, the Secretary to the State Government, which is scheduled to take place at M.K.O Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, would commence from 12 noon and is intended to further enliven the memory of the former African Pillar of Sports.
All workers and the general public are therefore, expected to grace the occasion in honour of the late Chief Abiola and the nation’s democracy.