Fubara: Nigerian Democracy Has Been Knocked Down – Peter Obi

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has expressed concerns that Nigeria’s democracy is deteriorating.

Obi’s remarks follow the suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

Speaking on Monday at the 60th birthday colloquium of former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, Obi recalled how the presidency once intervened when he faced impeachment as Anambra State governor.

Obi was impeached by the Anambra House of Assembly on November 2, 2006, but was reinstated by the court in February 2007 after challenging the decision. He noted that then-President Olusegun Obasanjo had sent a delegation in an attempt to prevent his impeachment.

The former governor lamented that while Nigeria’s democracy had been making progress since 1999, it is now being undermined 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.

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“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.

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