Obasanjo Hits the Judiciary – You Have No Right To Decide Election Matters For Millions of Nigerians

   / @symfoni  . Former President Olusegun Obasanjo just publicly questioned the constitutional legitimacy of judicial override in a democracy, asking why five judges should overturn the will of millions of voters. Delivered live at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation's Democracy Dialogue. 0:33 – Conference theme: "Beyond Elections — can parties & judiciary save African democracy?" 1:10 – "There is nothing like African democracy" — the central claim 3:00 – Colonial origins: "We swallowed it block, dock, and barrel" 5:04 – Has Western liberal democracy delivered for Africa? 5:56 – THE JUDICIARY CHALLENGE: "What is judiciary doing in government?" 7:00 – The Akintola/Apata anecdote — mocking imported structures 8:00 – Defining democracy: "Power belongs to the people" 11:15 – How political parties hijacked community representation 12:14 – "Loyal opposition" vs. "loyal enemy" — the African context problem 13:16 – "The dress you were not measured for" 14:15 – Diversity, money power & gender bias — zero female governors in 27 years 17:31 – The way forward: building an authentically African democracy 🔔 Subscribe for daily Nigerian politics, court rulings & crisis alerts: 👉    / @symfoni   Naija Unfiltered, Victor Iroele, Olawale Oluwade, SYMFONI.