But our own form of democracy has absorbed more Nigerian blood and resources than any other period since the Civil War. There were the 1995 Sani Abacha National Constitutional Conference, Olusegun Obasanjo’s 2006 National Political Reform Conference and the Goodluck Jonathan’s 2014 National Conference. Exhibiting its weakness as a state, Nigeria harbours ethnic, religious, linguistic and other intercommunal tensions that have thoroughly become overtly violent. Both have raised the real fear of religious war. Danjuma adds that none can survive a second civil war.

Source: Punch May 28, 2018 23:03 UTC