June 12: Democracy means little to Nigerians amid insecurity – Okpebholo

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has said that ideology means small to a household that cannot slumber peacefully astatine nighttime oregon a assemblage surviving nether the menace of transgression elements.

Okpebholo stated this on Friday, June 12, 2026, successful a connection to people Democracy Day, successful Benin City.

DAILY POST reports that the politician declared that security,  justice and the extortion of lives and spot are indispensable dividends of democracy.

He, however, called connected Nigerians to stay vigilant, agreed and committed to strengthening antiauthoritarian institutions arsenic the state confronts insecurity, economical challenges and threats to nationalist trust.

He posited that June 12 should service not lone arsenic a remembrance of the sacrifices made by heroes of democracy, but besides arsenic a telephone to enactment for citizens and leaders to safeguard the nation’s antiauthoritarian gains.

The politician reflected connected the value of the June 12, 1993 statesmanlike predetermination and the conflict led by M.K.O. Abiola and different pro-democracy activists, noting that the lessons of the epoch stay applicable arsenic Nigeria navigates modern challenges.