Herbert Macaulay’s Family Rejects His Inclusion in Presidential Pardon List

• The family of unhurried nationalist Herbert Macaulay has rejected his inclusion within the federal government’s most modern list of folks granted a presidential pardon.
• Speaking at a press convention in Lagos, Chief Olabode George, on behalf of the family, mentioned whereas they esteem President Bola Tinubu’s recognition of Macaulay’s legacy, it became as soon as “imperfect and demeaning” to community him with folks of questionable character.

The family of the unhurried nationalist, Herbert Macaulay, has rejected his inclusion within the federal government’s list of folks granted a presidential pardon.

Whereas commending President Bola Tinubu for recognising Macaulay’s role in Nigeria’s history, the family described it as “imperfect and demeaning” to region his determine alongside those of folks with questionable character.

Speaking at a press convention in Lagos on Thursday, elder statesman Chief Olabode George, who represented the family, mentioned:

“If Papa is to be honoured, he must be honoured independently.”

“Herbert Macaulay became as soon as no longer a felony; he became as soon as a patriot, a visionary, and grandson of the main African Anglican Bishop. He deserves isolation for national honour, no longer inclusion in a listing of convicts,” he added.

George, in his speech titled “Herbert Macaulay: The Father of Nigerian Nationalism,” recounted Macaulay’s activism thru the Lagos Day-to-day Recordsdata, his defence of Oba Eshugbayi Eleko, and the founding of Nigeria’s first political birthday party, the NNDP, in 1923.

He reminded Nigerians that:

“Herbert Macaulay died in 1946 whereas on a advertising and marketing campaign for national solidarity. He became as soon as a patriot to his closing breath — no longer a felon to be pardoned.”

George told as of late’s leaders to emulate Macaulay’s integrity and restore-oriented politics, asserting:

“If we truly survey to honour Herbert Macaulay as of late, we should no longer receive so with mere words or statues. We have to embody his tips in our politics integrity, accountability, and restore to the parents.”

It’d be recalled that Macaulay became as soon as among 175 folks no longer too long within the past pardoned by the Tinubu administration below the prerogative of mercy well-liked by the Council of Deliver.