It’s increasingly dangerous to speak under Tinubu – Dele Farotimi

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Dele Farotimi, a Nigerian lawyer and activist, has warned that speaking out under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is becoming more and more risky.

Farotimi made this claim during an interview on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Thursday.

It is challenging to determine whether Tinubu’s administration leans more toward democracy or military dictatorship, according to the former spokeswoman for the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential campaign.

He claims that Nigerians are not experiencing the democratic wind that Tinubu has promised.

“In the administration of Tinubu, there is the ambiguity of whether we are in a military dictatorship or a democracy. It is very easy to forget exactly what kind of government we have in place. The level of depression of free speech and the readiness to criminalise every civic disagreement.

“It is becoming increasingly dangerous to speak; I don’t know how much of this is traceable to the President or his temperament. Unfortunately, when the fish rots, it begins from the head. There is always somebody on whose desktop the buck must stop. The reality is that Nigeria is more repressed than it is in this moment. Nigerians are feeling the kind of breeze the president is projecting,” he stated.

This comes after President Tinubu stated in his June 12 Democracy Day speech that he was reassured that the nation’s democracy is alive and not only invisible.

“Our democracy is not invincible, but it is alive,” he stated.

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