By Clifford Ndujihe

A former Minister of State (Defence), Senator Musiliu Obanikoro; Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, some Niger-Delta leaders and clerics, weekend, warned the electorate against returning Nigeria to the dark days of dictatorship.

Speaking at the National Theatre, Lagos during a prayer session by Niger-Deltans in the South-West for President Goodluck Jonathan, they said Nigeria had come a long way in the last 16 years of unbroken democratic rule, insisting that efforts must be made to deepen democracy instead of losing the gains.

To deepen democracy, improve governance and continue with a polity where all Nigerians are deemed equal and no one is seen as a second class citizen, they urged Nigerians to re-elect President Jonathan, who is running on the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).