Former senator of the National Assembly, Sheu Sani, on Thursday said the present-day government had no regard for law and order. He said this while delivering a speech in a symposium tagged: Keeping Power in Check, which took place at NECA House, Ikaja, Lagos.
The event, organised by the African Centre for Media Information Literacy, underscored a conversation on the shrinking media and civic space in Nigeria.
The senator however lamented the perpetual abuse of power in the present day government, noting that those who were in the forefront of fighting against authoritarianism were now the perpetrators of such.
“Political party as it is today cannot defend democracy. And now the monster has returned. Court orders mean nothing today,” Sani said.
He also noted that the future of democracy depended largely on the freedom of the press.
