Adamawa broad daylight coup poses serious to Nigeria’s democracy –Omokri

Former media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Monday, said the broad daylight coup in Adamawa posed a serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy.

In a video message posted on his YouTube account on Monday, Omokri warned that the recent event in the governorship race for Adamawa State might lead to a military takeover.

It would be recalled that Aisha Dahiru, alias Binani, was named the winner of the state governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa, Prof. Hudu Yunus Ari, midway through the collation.

INEC subsequently overruled Yunus, and also suspended him for the action.

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Reacting to the unfolding drama, Omokri said, “I will like to counsel the Buhari’s administration to be careful, very careful over what is happening in Adamawa State. History does not repeat itself, men repeat history. And we know that the best predictor of future events is past events.

“Why did the second republic fall? It fell because…The trigger was what happened in Ondo State. In Ondo State, the ruling party was hell-bent on taking that State. And then, they sent in soldiers, they sent in troops. They sent in a rogue FEDECO Commissioner. FEDECO is the de-facto of today’s INEC. And then, the same thing that just happened in Adamawa happened in Ondo State. They illegally declared Akin Omoboriowo the winner of the election.

“And then, the people were not having it. Michael Adekunle Ajasin who was the popular candidate, who was the incumbent, who was the well-loved candidate…I mean, he didn’t have to do anything. It was the people of Ondo State that rose up, they beat up FEDECO officials, and they faced the army. A lot of people died. And then, it was going to a breakdown of law and order, then the military seized power.

“We don’t want a military government in Nigeria again. But then we gotta be smart. We gotta learn from history.”

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