Nigerian TV host, Rufai Oseni has urged those
bringing up the idea of military government in the country to perish the
thought, warning it is an invitation to anarchy.
Oseni maintained that people must never stop believing in
Nigeria as the last elections showed Nigerians could actually join efforts
together.
In a post he shared on social media platform X, on Sunday,
Oseni said he believes in citizens calling out the civilian government and
holding them accountable.
Describing the military government as terrible, Oseni cited
how media houses were closed arbitrarily and journalists targeted and
threatened for doing their jobs during military eras in Nigeria.
However, he urged politicians to be careful, warning that
their brazen lawlessness and destabilising tendencies will definitely not end
well.
According to him, politicians must also stop the use of
violence, warning also that the people need to stand firm and remove the
vestiges of evil from the nation’s electoral process.
He wrote, “Perish the idea of a military government.
“The military government is a terrible government. Fela’s
House was burnt down, his mother beaten and thrown down the stairs and in the
end the FMG claimed they were unknown soldiers. In the military era, media
houses were closed arbitrarily and Journalists targeted and threatened for
doing their Job.
“The civil service was terribly damaged and the military
arbitrariness brought a culture of corruption to the civil service, there are
stories of children who lived in well manicured lawn GRA homes and by 6pm their
lives changed for the worse when the sack of their parents was announced on NTA
and they were told to vacate their property with immediate effect. I believe as
citizens we must keep calling out our civilian govt and hold them accountable
but a military govt is a return to anarchy.
“Also let’s stop lying, things were terrible under the
military in the time of Abacha inflation was extremely high and life was very
austere for people. Our govt must be accountable. I once had an older friend
that a military leader once summoned because his Newspaper put a picture of the
boss not smiling.
“If you think things are bad, remember our seat of power was
once a place for all sorts of exotic orgies during the Military era and the
scale of corruption was brazen.
“The people must never stop believing in Nigeria, the last
elections showed the Nigerians can actually coalesce efforts, Nigerians must
also hold the institutions accountable and see how to make democracy work.
Also, politicians must be careful, their brazen lawlessness and destabilising tendencies
will definitely not end well, the governors must not turn the local government
into their fiefdom like they are doing now, we must let the local governments
breathe! Shame on all past Governors that never held local government elections
at the right time.
“The politicians must also cease the use of violence as
violence begets violence and the people will stand up to remove the vestiges of
evil from our electoral process. I believe that Nigeria will survive but we
must do right.”
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