A former aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode has said that Nigerians will resist any attempt to truncate democracy in Nigeria by the military.
He said this on the backheel of the coup that rocked Gabon, ousting President Ali Mongo.
Speaking via X (formerly Twitter) Fani Kayode said only Nigeria and Ghana are the countries, whose military are disciplined and professional enough to ensure that there are no coups.
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He said, “Both are Anglophone and not Francophone countries, both have legitimate, accountable democratically-elected and constitutional Governments and Presidents with term limits, both have imbued and encouraged the culture of free speech and the rule of law, both have an independent and virile judiciary and finally both have President’s that are rational, reasonable and progressive who are neither stooges or puppets of western imperialist and neo-colonial interests or corrupt sit tight dictators and monsters who wish to remain in power for life and then hand over to their children.
“It is for this very reason that the very idea of a coup, the truncation of democracy or the imposition of an unconstitutional Government in either of these two countries is not only unacceptable and repugnant but would also be resisted with every fibre of our collective being.
“I am proud to be a Nigerian primarily because we have been able to sustain our democracy for the last 24 years and have made appreciable progress.”
