Abacha More Democratic than NADECO Activists

Abacha more democratic than NADECO activists

'General Sani Abacha, once presumed face of oppression, will be remembered as seemingly more democratic and more respectful of human rights'

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Former Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has sparked fresh political debate after declaring that some individuals who once championed democracy under the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) have become worse in power than the late military ruler, General Sani Abacha. In a strongly worded statement shared on his official X platform, Obi criticised what []

Abacha ‘More Democratic’ Than Today’s So-Called Defenders Of Democracy – Obi

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared late Gen Sani Abacha, who was head of state from 1993 to 1998, as more democratic than those who claimed to have fought for democracy, especially through the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO. The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, said this in a post on his X (Twitter) handle on Thursday. His declaration is c…

ADC Crisis: Late dictator Sani Abacha more democratic than Tinubu, other NADECO members now in power, says Obi

‎ ‎ ‎Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, on Thursday lashed out at President Bola Tinubu. ‎ ‎ Obi said that the late military dictator General Sani Abacha was more democratic than President Tinubu and his comrades in the defunct pro-democracy group– the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). ‎ ‎NADECO, a defunct […] The post ADC Crisis: Late dictator Sani Abacha more democratic than Tinubu, other NADECO members now…

"Former NADECO democracy fighters now worse than Abacha" Peter Obi berates ‘yesterday defenders of democracy who are now today's destroyers’ - Newsy People

Peter Obi has berated Nigerian leaders who claimed to have fought for democracy during General Sani Abacha’s regime yet are the ones now destroying democracy. The former Labour Party Presidential candidate took to his social media accounts to state that “power indeed reveals character”. He wrote: “Yesterday defenders of democracy, today’s destroyers, What a shame. “What an irony of history, that the acclaimed defenders of democracy and human rig…

Former NADECO Democracy Fighters Now Worse Than Abacha

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said some of those who once paraded themselves as defenders of democracy and human rights during Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggle have now become “worse than the man they opposed,” Sani Abacha. Obi made the remark in a post shared on his X handle on Thursday, where he delivered a stinging criticism of what he described as the betrayal of democratic ideals by some figures from the NADECO …