Obidient movement may push Nigeria into crisis, by Fredrick Nwabufo
I had expected the Obidient movement to abandon its punitive expedition after the elections and evolve into an ideological pressure group – a worthy opposition. But the movement is still anything but ideological and civil. It has become more brutish, more desperate, nastier, and feral. The Obidient movement is shaping up to be a gaggle of insurrectionists.
For all intents and purposes, the movement seems to be gearing up to make the country ungovernable.
Diligent and disciplined opposition is essential for democracy. In fact, there is no democracy if there is no educated opposition. No government is short of opposition. In a democracy, the residence of an animated opposition signals the buoyancy of the system. Where there is a democracy, there is opposition. Opposition is the mitochondrion of a republican system – it keeps the government on the mill working according to purpose.
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