Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has lamented the terrible state of Nigeria’s democracy, saying that Nigeria’s democracy is actually what he described as “sorrowcracy.” Sowore said this on Monday in Lagos State while speaking at a symposium organised by the AAC Women Wing, Lagos State Chapter to commemorate 30 years of the watershed June 12, 1993 presidential elections now known as Nigeria’s Democracy Day.
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Sowore said this on Monday in Lagos State while speaking at a symposium organised by the AAC Women Wing, Lagos State Chapter to commemorate 30 years of the watershed June 12, 1993 presidential elections now known as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. He recounted how he alongside other activists stood against the military regime of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida who annulled the election of MKO Abiola in 1993, saying that they chased the military out of power but those who fought against democracy then were the ones enjoying power in Nigeria now.
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