Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has damaged the country’s democracy.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Osa Director, made this allegation on Saturday during an interview on Symfoni TV.
He was speaking on the 2027 general elections and the activities of the ruling party towards the opposition.
“The APC has damaged our democracy. Let me quickly say that what we are witnessing with the APC government starting from 2015 till now, is succinctly captured and explained by two political science scholars in Harvard University who wrote a book, ‘Why Democracies Die’, and the conclusion of that book was that democracy is not going to be periled.
“The greatest challenge to democracy is not the armour tank or the booming guns, but is by those who find themselves in position of authority through democratic process, who will now use their position to subvert democracy and undermine democratic institutions.
“That is what we are witnessing in Nigeria today, where there is no respect for the judiciary, there is no respect for freedom of the press. You treat your political opponents as enemies that must be crushed,” he said.