WHAT WE ARE CELEBRATING TODAY IS STATE CAPTURE NOT DEMOCRACY- PETER OBI

The 2023 Presidential Candidates of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has faulted the model of democracy currently practiced in Nigeria, describing it as a “state capture”.

Mr. Obi made the assertion while featuring as guest this evening in a prime time democracy day interview on Arise Television.

According to Mr. Obi all indices of democracy and it’s supposed benefits to the people are unfortunately on a download slide in the country beginning from credible elections, economy, transparency in governance, and absence of democratic dividends.

“The first question to ask is are we practicing democracy? The answer is that what we are practicing is state capture, and those that captured it have also taken all the benefits accrued to us via democracy. It’s unfortunate”.

Speaking on and on, Peter Obi when asked to rate President Tinubu’s performance in the last one year in office, said that in his opinion President Tinubu has kept to his campaign promises of continuing from where Former President Muhammadu Buhari stopped, adding that Tinubu had taken the economy, insecurity, corruption, borrowing and flagrant disregard for the rule of law from bad to worst as he promised.

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