Founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has said that Nigeria is in a precarious situation, stating that the insecurity in the country might bring the country to its knees.

In an interview with VINCENT KALU, Okorie, described the 1999 constitution as ‘obnoxious’, adding that it is such a lopsided document that would never give Nigerians a democratic practice that is fair to all.


Twenty-five years of unbroken democracy, how has Nigeria fared?

It is heart-warming that we have managed to sustain democratic practice for 25 years. But, looking at the quality of that democracy, it is not much to celebrate because the democratic content of the government we have had for 25 years is very low. Starting with the recruitment of our leaders from the local government up to the president, the electoral body has short-changed the electorate, creating the impression that it is the Nigeria electorate that chose the type of leaders they have had. Like it is normally said that people deserve the leaders they have chosen, but Nigeria’s case is different, we have leaders that are imposed through manipulated and fraudulent election process.

We also have a constitution that ushered in that democracy, a constitution that was imposed. It is a constitution that started with a lie in its opening page, saying: “We people of Nigeria having given ourselves this constitution…” So, we are operating a constitution that started with a very big lie and it is the content of that constitution that has been generally regarded as obnoxious and it is such a lopsided document that there is nowhere it is going to give you a democratic practice that is fair to all; a democratic practice that is consistent with the old and now new anthem we are singing- a country where nobody would be oppressed.

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