For those who were there when the soldiers were in power it wasn't a pleasing experience. They had no respect for the constitution,rule of law or fundamental human rights. Worst of all,the media were not given their deserved freedom to reveal information to the members of the public or criticize the government. There were series of killing of media men and activists such as the killing of ken saro wiwa and Dele giwa done by Abacha's and Babaginda's administration respectively. Facts even point at the fact that the military administrators in Nigeria's history looted the treasury the most. Part of their disrespect of the law is the cancellation of the June 12 1993 election by the BABAGINDA administration. It was the only time voting cut across the Nigerian tribes but the military regime canceled it for reasons best known to them. Soldiers generally do not have sense of administration,they are trained for wars.
At the same time believe what you want to believe,the military remain the best option for us. Although,no military administration has ever been successful in Nigeria but so many countries have experienced successful military regimes such as Japan in 1868,Egypt under Nasser,Peru in 1968 and the very one we know,Ghana. In all the above listed countries,the military captured state power and didn't even need the help of mobilised populace to produce a successful revolution which destroyed the power of the untouchable economic class
Another question i would like to ask is,how much true development have we even seen during the all-honoured civilian government? The military administrators were known to be dictators so what do you call Jonathan? A democrat?Just because he was elected?Definitely not,he's not a democrat,he's a dictator with no respect for the constitution and cannot even ensure the security of Nigerians. The politicians haven't been any better than the military administrators. Its so funny that the men in khaki uniform in the past are the ones who come back in agbadas as politicians too.
This is the time to bring some sanity into Nigerians. Time is running out!!!The economy is getting destroyed. A REVOLUTION MUST COME! Who leads if not the military???
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