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Constitutional lawyer, Professor Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has cautioned that Nigeria is veering dangerously toward authoritarianism, warning that the country could morph into a de facto one-party state if current trends continue unchallenged.
Appearing on Channels Television’s Hard Copy programme on Saturday, Ozekhome sounded the alarm over what he described as a growing erosion of political diversity and ideological identity in Nigeria’s democratic space.
“In a one-party state, dictatorship reigns supreme. Everybody will agree. National Assembly pocketed, judiciary will be pocketed, and everybody will be saying ‘yes, yes, yes,’” he said.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday said President Bola Tinubu risked his life for the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria.
Wike said Tinubu is determined to see democracy thrive in Nigeria.
The Minister spoke in his 2025 Distinguish Personality Lecture, titled, “The Nigeria of our Dreams” which he presented at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
He said: “Let me make bold at this juncture to state that today, in our country, we have such a leader in the person of Tinubu.
“He has shown in several ways and at different times, a stout commitment to the enthronement of democracy in our country, to the extent of even putting his own life on the line in the process.
“He has shown great capacity for engendering development as captured in the unprecedented rapid and exponential development of Lagos state under his watch and even beyond,” he added.
