He regretted their inability to take the opportunity of taking over power from the military like the ANC did in South Africa.
Senator Shehu Sani says that the biggest mistake those who fought for democracy in Nigeria made was to reject the military’s call to take over power from them in 1999.The former lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th Senate, said this at This Nigeria Lecture and Award in Abuja on Thursday. The theme of the event was “25 Years of Unbroken Democracy – Challenges, Prospects and Possibilities”.
“Three times he was inviting us we even refused to answer his call. He invited the politicians, he didn’t even invite them; they were knocking at his door,” Sani said. “After we decided to listen to him, we came and sat down; what do we do? That is what the ANC in South Africa did, after the struggle, they took over political power, but after our struggle in 1998 and 1999, we made a fundamental mistake and said, we are not going to cooperate with the military.“Mike Ozekhome is sitting here, he is one of those who opposed that we should not join. Gani opposed Falana, and Olisa Agbakoba all opposed.
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