Former lawmaker and renowned social critic, Senator Shehu Sani has stated that poisoned elections are responsible for the collapse of democracy in Africa.

Sani’s statement is coming on the heels of a coup in the Central African country.

DAILY POST reports that military officers in Gabon earlier in the day announced the seizure of power after the third term re-election of President Ali Bongo.

The BBC reported that top military officers made the announcement on Tuesday on national Television.

The officers reportedly announced they were annulling the outcome of Saturday’s election which the opposition had rejected and described as “fraudulent”.

However, Sani, in a post via his social media platform X, accused the Bongo family of dominating and destroying democracy in Gabon.

He wrote, “A BBC correspondent just reported people in Gabon are “genuinely” trooping out to the streets in support of the Coup in Libreville. The Bongo family dominated and destroyed Democracy. Democracy dies in Africa when elections are poisoned.”

“A government having forced itself into power in a similar way the putschist did in the Niger Republic, cannot be arrogating itself the honour to lead a puritan force against a sovereign nation.

The process leading to any electoral activity is a lot more important than its outcome.The processes that led to the 2023 general election were skewed, manipulated, and rigged.

A government that came into office through such illegal means does not have the moral justification to begin to query a similar process perpetrated outside the shores of this country. If the election is wantonly manipulated, a govt that emerged from such a process is similar to a military coup.

A coup is actually where people extend their limit beyond what is being provided by the constitution. When you rig yourself into election, it is also a coup...".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERQp81r_LjU?feature=shared
 “A BBC correspondent just reported people in Gabon are “genuinely” trooping out to the streets in support of the Coup in Libreville. The Bongo family dominated and destroyed Democracy. Democracy dies in Africa when elections are poisoned.”

agulion:
Unfortunately members of YMM (Yoruba Muslims miscreants) don't understand this, the are against coup and not the issues that causes coup, useless people

madridguy:
How do you sleep with this kind of hatred? You are gone and nothing can be done. If you like go and hit your head on the bricks, Tinubu, a Yoruba muslim will rule you and your clan for the next 8 years. If you don't want that, pack your load and go to Niger or Gabon.

madridguy:
How do you sleep with this kind of hatred? You are gone and nothing can be done. If you like go and hit your head on the bricks, Tinubu, a Yoruba muslim will rule you and your clan for the next 8 years. If you don't want that, pack your load and go to Niger or Gabon.

madridguy: