Ghana coup plot: Days of govt without votes are over, Buhari reacts
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President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the reported coup attempt in Ghana.
In his reaction through a statement by his Senior Special Assistant
on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the Nigerian President noted
that democracy was the only acceptable form of governance in modern
Africa.
He said, “Nigeria and Ghana are leading partners in ECOWAS, and
Transparency International, and Afrobarometer’s Africa Index 2019
attested that both countries have recorded exceptional advances in
fighting corruption. When you take on powerful and corrupt vested
interests successfully, sometimes they seek to push back. As the saying
goes, ‘if you fight corruption, corruption will fight back’.
“The only acceptable form of governance in our region in this 21st century is through democratic elections. It is the only way to install – and the only way to change – an administration. The days of coups and government without votes are over.
“All Africans hold the nation of Ghana in the highest esteem as the
first post-colonial country to gain independence, and the first African
country to hold multi-party elections by universal suffrage. Ghana is
the first, true African democracy.
“We in Nigeria hold out – as always – our hands in support and friendship to our brothers and sisters in Ghana”.
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