Former governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose has urged Nigerians to protect its democracy as neighbouring countries like Niger, Chad, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Sudan have military governments who came into power through coups.
In a tweet on Monday, Fayose said they also constitute a formidable phalanx of unelected military dictators and mutinous soldiers who came to power by the barrel of the gun right on the northern border.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Chieftain, disclosed that the coup plot is spreading across Africa and no price is too high to pay for the preservation of democracy in Nigeria and the sub-region.
“This gives cause for concern. The map speaks for itself, the situation is dangerous and disturbing and, as Nigerians, we must do all in our power to preserve and protect our democracy and ward off the influence of those that seek to encircle and destroy us and pull it down.
His words: “The position that our President and current Chairman of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, has taken on events in Niger Republic is bold and inspiring. There is no price that is too high to pay for the preservation of democracy in our country and our sub-region.
“It is time for us to return to the days of ECOMOG when the whole of the African continent appreciated and witnessed the might and power of our military and our great nation.
“It is time for us to be recognised for who and what we are: the strength, pride, dignity and power of the black man and the custodian and primary defender of freedom and our noble African heritage and values on the continent.”
