Nigeria’s inherited democracy does not have African content – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria’s ideology does not person African contented and context, lamenting that it has created a winner-takes-all attack to politics.

Speaking astatine the 2026 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue successful Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital, connected Tuesday, Obasanjo said the Western wide ideology inherited by galore African countries was not designed astir the continent’s realities.

He likened the adoption of the Western wide ideology to wearing a formal that was not made to fit, arguing that the exemplary has created a governmental civilization successful which predetermination winners often disregard those who lose.

“The Western wide ideology that we inherited pulls from monarchy, hence we tin person a authorities and loyal opposition, loyal to the monarchy. But erstwhile you speech astir loyal absorption successful an African mounting and I person gone into galore African languages, absorption means enemy, that is the word.

“Then bash you person a loyal enemy? So, what bash you bash with your enemy? You crush him and destruct him and that is what we have.

“The ideology we signifier has nary African context, nary African contented and if you effort to usage what is not meant for you to service your purpose, it is similar a formal for which you are not measured, you effort to enactment it on, it is either excessively tiny for you oregon excessively large for you.

“It volition not acceptable and it volition not service ...