Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over the state of democracy in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
Obasanjo said democracy in Africa was borrowed and had caged Africans.
He made this known while speaking as one of the panellists at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue 2026 in Bauchi State.
According to Obasanjo: “There is no democracy in Africa, but borrowed and forced liberal democracy that has caged Africans.
“Is there African democracy? Let us not deceive ourselves. There’s nothing like African democracy. We were given Western liberal democracy by our colonial masters.
“For quite some time, I have been increasingly worried about the performance of democracy in Africa, and indeed, in other regions of the world.
“And I believe that the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation was also worried about it, and that was why your theme last year was talking about the death of democracy, or words to
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