The leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE on his assessment of the state of the nation, 63 years after independence
Many people believe that Nigeria has come a long way, at 63, how will you describe the journey so far?
We have come no way. Things are getting worse day by day. What we have now in the country is far below expectations. This has been so bad, particularly in the last eight years, so don’t let us go there. But the bottom line now is that the constitution should be changed. If you change it, we will have a better Nigeria and the country will move forward.
At 95 years, you have witnessed the performance of successive governments, do you think leaders have done well so far or most have failed?
Most of them have failed woefully, particularly in the last eight years. They have drawn us backward in all ramifications. After we gained independence, later the military came in and…