Concerns over Nigeria’s democracy have been voiced by businessman Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose.

In an interview with Prime Time on Arise Television, Fayose asserted that the nation’s democracy had essentially failed.

He claimed that there is no truly independent Independent National Electoral Commission and that the judiciary, not the electoral process, ultimately decides election results.

Additionally, according to Fayose, the judiciary now has the final say over who leads the nation. He claimed in his argument that judges were getting residences, implying that this was related to their power in politics.

“There is nothing like INEC or democracy in Nigeria. What we have now is government of the court, by the court and for the court.

“In the last 12 years, all the presidents have been to court. So, it’s the judiciary that have been giving us presidents. We’re no longer practicing democracy.

“Look, we’re looking to 2027 but it will still end up in court. We will have a coronation. We have dictators who are not in military uniforms.

“Take a look at what they are doing to the opposition: the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC. They have taken them to square zero,” he said.