By Olamide Francis
On Monday,
October 10, 2022, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress,
Bola Tinubu, said, “If they say they want a change of government, just tell
them ‘we like to be polite but shut up your mouth.’” This is another sign among
the many we have already seen that Nigeria’s democracy is endangered. This is
not a matter of political parties but the general political clime in Nigeria.
That aside, it is more disheartening that this kind of statement is coming from
the platform of a party that benefitted from the agitation of the Nigerian
masses for ‘a change of government.’
*Buhari and Tinubu
A change of government is the beauty of any democracy. So, I am bewildered at the call by the APC presidential candidate for people wanting a change of government, the same mantra they sided with in 2015, to shut up. Should people not call for a change of government if the current one has disappointed them? Is that not what democracy is all about?
