Coup in 2016 with social media, and camera phones? Try it.

chukzyblingz:
Stupidity is when you as a Nigerian dare come close a machine gun wielding Nigerian soldier in the name of fighting for this government. No govt can ever be as bad as this.

bamosagie:
PDP would never support any coup in Nigeria, for over a year as opposition the party have refrained from making inciting statements, PDP actually left APC to oppose herself as the main opposition to this regime has been from its own party.
As for APC, we all saw their modus oparandi during their days as opposition.

If there should be a coup in Nigeria, it would be successful because the average Nigerian is complacent, the northerners would not oppose the coup if it is lead by a muslim from the north, the eastherners and those from south south would careless as they felt short changed by the present arrangement. as for the west, hmm, they would be divided among themselves. some would openly support the coup and put in place machineries to convince their people to support the new regime, others would oppose the coup on pages of newspappers while they secretely meet with the soldiers to negotiate deals, the few that would genuinely oppose the coup would be hounded into prison or exile.

In Nigeria, the coup will succeed...

mikki123:
The coup is still on.

brownlord1:
What Nigeria can learn from the failed coup.

The people loved their country more than their political parties, both the ruling and opposition party vehemently rejected the coup, the protest started just few minutes after the president address the citizens through FaceTime to go out and protest and immediately they where all out. The military knew it was a lost battle the moment the people came out Enmass to boo them, they had no choice but to submit to the govt. it was a tensed moment in Ankara and Istanbul f16 and assorted military jet parading the skies of turkey yet the people failed to be intimidated, defiled curfew and went out to fight for their right, it was civilians that forced military men out of attarurk airport, they did same at the state own broadcasting station that was seized by military same for cnn turkey.

If this was to be in Nigeria either PDP or APC would politicalized it and thereby divide the citizens, if the coup was against a southerner trust the north to support the coup, against a northerner the south will support. The Muslim too are going to support if an infidel a southerner was to be ousted out and the Christians will do same against a Muslim

I also realized that despite the tensed moment, the military didn't start shooting sparodically at protesters that was why they could disharm them. I could see civilians daring military with tanks and they kept calm as against Nigeria military who will kill 1000 on the spot.

The turkey opposition parties realized that despite their political differences they must save democracy first before talking about holding to power something our political class lack.

erdogan was not in control of the country for hours, he flew out of the country hence he had to address the country through FaceTime after military took control of trt and other media houses. The only hope left was the citizens who he told to go in the street and this didn't take minutes before they did.

If this was Nigeria, either PDP or APC would have supported the military and this would divide the citizens instead of protesters to go against the military, it would be PDP loyalist against APC loyalist and the military would take advantage to complete what they started.

The people in unity got back their country and restored democracy.

Hope we can learn a thing from this.

Ojiofor:


Turkey is strong because its one nation one people one language and one religion that cannot be said of Nigeria.

brownlord1:


Turkey is also divided just like Nigeria politically, religiously and they don't speak one language