Is Military Rule Over In Nigeria?

[Shola Sholaz]

In far away Prague, Czech Republic, David Mark, President of the Nigerian Senate and a retired Brigadier General in the Nigerian Army affirmed a few days back that Military rule in Nigeria was gone forever.
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D affirmation appears heartwarming especially if it is binding on Mark's successors in d military.
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If however, our Senate President was suggesting dat Nigeria is now a democracy, not many would agree with him. Although those in government today do not wear military uniforms, democracy should never be identified by the dress code of its practitioners.
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In Nigeria, dere are many non- uniformed political leaders who through their acts and utterances are quite distant from the attributes of democracy. We can only pray that anti-democratic forces particularly those outside the military would allow Nigeria's democracy to grow.
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'Government of d people by the people and for d people' – a phrase credited to former American President Abraham Lincoln- has become perhaps d understanding of democracy.