In a scathing critique, Sonala Olumhense argues that Nigeria is a “completely fake” democracy, evidenced by its prioritization of political witch-hunts over citizen safety and its betrayal of its own military, culminating in the unprecedented humiliation of a top commander being captured and executed by militants.
Sonala Olumhense delivers a stark condemnation of the Nigerian state, labeling it a “completely fake” democratic entity that is more focused on deploying secret police to airports for “witch-hunts” than on protecting its citizens from kidnappers and militants who overrun villages and schools.
He contrasts the historic effectiveness of poorly-equipped Nigerian peacekeepers abroad with the current security collapse at home, highlighted by the unprecedented capture and execution of Brigadier-General Musa Uba, which signals that “the hunter is now the hunted.”
Olumhense argues that the government’s objective is merely to “retain power,” not to earn it through genuine democratic accountability, and concludes that Nigeria’s future can only begin when it transitions from being a “strange diarchy” reliant on military authority to a genuine democracy respected for its integrity.