Sanusi speculated that under military rule, such actions could have led to severe consequences like imprisonment or worse. He noted that despite flaws, democracy, as agreed upon in the constitution, should be respected and improved upon.
In his words: “Honestly, I still have memories of Nigeria under military rule and as bad and as faulty as democracy is, I would rather have that than the military rule. I mean, for example, I was suspended by President Jonathan (as CBN governor), I was removed by (Governor) Ganduje (as emir). Maybe if it was a military governor, I would have been shot or put under Decree 2 in a prison for many years. So, honestly, I know this whole Nigerians saying, that our democracy is flawed, but it’s better than what we had (military rule).”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
