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So O’tega wants to take Omo-Agege’s post?

Quite often, when we might think we have seen all the surprises the world has to offer, we end up being jolted out of our self-assurance by some event of truly astonishing disorderliness.

Herd mentality and the tyranny of mob rule

AS a liberal democrat, I am an ardent believer of the principles of liberalism as epitomized by John Stuart Mill—the father of liberalism. It is incontrovertible that constitutional democracy, as we practice in Nigeria today, has its roots in the ideological movement of liberalism. Liberalism embodies contestation of ideas, principles and ideologies without being pigeonholed to the whimsical aspirations of protagonists of orthodoxies. The foundation of liberalism is anchored on the freedom to express opinions—no matter how divergent or perverse it may sound. The interment of liberal democracy begins the day people are scared of, or intimidated out of their constitutional rights of free speech and expression.

Why many are so endeared to Igbuya

Show me a man that is politically-cultured, mature, focused and steadfast; one name comes to mind in Delta State’s.  Rt. Hon. Chief M.O. Igbuya. Igbuya joined secular politics since 1987 as a councilor, State Publicity Secretary of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1993, prominent member of Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM) in 1997, and in 1999 as a foundation member of the People Democratic Party (PDP).

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