It is lumpen democracy that is dying, not democracy, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf

Chief General Olusegun Obasanjo, former military head of state and ex-president, and Peter Obi, ex-Anambra State Governor and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, amongst others, on 24 March, spoke on the deepening crisis of Nigeria’s democracy.

It was at the 60th Birthday colloquium of Chukwuemeka Ihedioha, the former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives and ex-Governor of Imo State.

For Obi, the foundation of the current democratic dispensation started in 1999….