The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general elections, Adewole Adebayo, has stated that being in government does not mean that political officeholders are immune to criticism.
Naijaonpoint reports that Adebayo made this known in response to the alleged military coup that recently unsettled the Nigerian polity.
While responding to questions in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday, Adebayo stated that nothing good would come out of military rule.
He urged Nigerians to sustain the democratic system, adding that there may soon be insecurity for the political class, as there is insecurity of life and property for citizens.
He said, “Democracy is fragile whether you have extreme thwarting of it by elements of military juntas or they don’t want free and fair election and then clamp down on citizens.
“Everywhere in the world democracy is fragile and it is to be protected. The best insurance against the disturbance, destructions, military coup, bring down of law and order is good governance.
“The lesson to learn from this while we are waiting for the military and civilian authority in government to come out with a clear accountability of what happened.
“But what I know for sure is that all of us have a duty to know that we need to sustain this civilian system.
“The fact that you are in government doesn’t mean that you are safe from being upset. Just the way there’s insecurity of life and property for Nigerians, there may soon be insecurity of tenure for the political class.”
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