According to the report from the Punch, a political economist and former presidential candidate, Prof Pat Utomi highlighted his personal experiences during the June 12 events, citing documented assassination attempts against him and his resistance to the Abacha regime.
He expressed discontent with the revisionist narrative surrounding June 12, stating that those who played crucial roles in the struggle have been sidelined while others have claimed undue recognition.
Despite this frustration, he remained confident that history will eventually provide an accurate account of the events, properly acknowledging the contributions and sacrifices made by those who genuinely fought for the cause.
He said, “There were court records of assassination attempts against me on June 12. People who were in London eating amala then should not tell us about what happened on June 12, but they have hijacked history and reworked it so that they would be the heroes of June 12.
Those of us who faced bullets from Abacha and police batons have become the marginal of June 12. But it is okay and history will be written properly when the time comes.”….Seē _ Morē