The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, says Nigeria’s democracy is collapsing.
Obi’s comment is linked to the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state.
He made this statement on Monday at the 60th birthday anniversary colloquium of the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha.
Obi recalled how the presidency attempted to intervene when the Anambra House of Assembly impeached him as governor.
It could be recalled that the Anambra House of Assembly impeached Obi as the governor on November 2, 2006, but the court reinstated him in February 2007 after he challenged the impeachment.
According to Obi, the then President Olusegun Obasanjo dispatched a delegation in an attempt to halt his impeachment.
The former Anambra state governor said Nigeria’s democracy which has been progressing since 1999 is now being knocked down by the current administration.
“Some people came and knocked everything down. That is the situation we are in now. Everything has been knocked down. Nothing works. I became a governor through the court when President Obasanjo and Atiku were in government.
“I did not pay the court one naira. I was sitting in my office, and the court declared me the winner. It can’t happen in Nigeria today.
“When I was being impeached, the president sent people to come and intervene on my behalf. Ken Nnamani came, begging the house (house of assembly) not to impeach me. Today, the president (Tinubu) is impeaching a person (Fubara),” he said.
