We Formed NADECO To Get Military Out Of Power-Osoba

A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Tuesday said  the National Democratic Coalition was formed to get the military out of power and not  because of the June 12, 1993  election annulment.

Osoba said this in Lagos at the presentation of a book, Makers of Nigerian Press, written by a veteran journalist, Chief Dayo Duyile.

He said, “When the master of ceremonies  was talking about Ndubuisi Kanu, people don’t know that he was part of the people that started the NADECO struggle.

“We did not form NADECO for June 12; we formed it for the military to get out of power. I invited Chief MKO Abiola to join NADECO when he came back from South Africa after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela. It was when he agreed to NADECO philosophy that he was admitted into the group.”

The All Progressives Congress chief congratulated Duyile for the book which he said would be a reference point for journalism students and practising journalists.

He said, “Journalists don’t tend to celebrate themselves; they dedicate so much time to celebrate others. Duyile got to the peak of his journalism career before going into the academics. We need to put the record straight.”

Duyile said the idea to write a historical account of notable contributors to the growth of the press in Nigeria was conceived when he was the Editor-in-Chief and acting General Manager of Sketch Publishing Company Limited from 1977 to 1978.

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