Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, has expressed concern about Nigeria’s democracy. Mr Obi accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of undermining democracy.
“Look at what has happened to our democracy. It is now being destroyed and is being destroyed by those who yesterday were victims of the same thingthat we were shouting to the world,” the former Anambra governor stated on Monday on ARISE TV amid the crises plaguing the African Democratic Congress.
Mr Obi added, “That is what is now surprising me in Nigeria: how people can show commitment to a course or promise something and when they’re given the opportunity, they will fail dramatically.”
The former presidential candidate pointed out that “nobody would have believed that we would find ourselves at this point in our democracy, given the people in leadership today”.
The politician reasoned that the government in power “should ensure it protects opposition”.
President spokesman Bayo Onanuga did not immediately respond to the Peoples Gazette’s request for comment.
Mr Tinubu has always reaffirmed his commitment to sustaining democracy in Nigeria.
“There’s no threat from any democrat under my watch. The rule of law must prevail in any democracy. The majority will have their way, and the minority will have their say and their way. I must not stand in their way. That is the sweetness, the essence of democracy,” the president stated while speaking at an inter-faith breaking of fast with members of the ruling APC and the leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Abuja.
