Evolution of true democracy in Nigeria

The traditions of democratic culture and its institutions must evolve naturally. Today, the Supreme Court of Nigeria made a major input to the evolution of the institution of democracy in Nigeria by removing the obtuse structure of judicial elongation of tenure. It is my hope and prayer that this is just one installment in bringing real democracy to Nigeria where many unsuitable people have taken ...advantage of an unenlightened electorate and the fact that many decent patriots did not trust that the military were really going in 1999 to institute a political culture that has not served the Nigerian people well. There may well be hope that these kinds of decisions will result in a democracy in which the will of the people is sovereign and power serves the people rather than the people serving power and the love of power is replaced by the power of love. It should also signal that impunity may not last forever. Pat Utomi