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Posted By Admin On June 13th, 2025

The 2023 presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewale Adebayo, has said there is no alternative to democracy as it remains the best option for electing the country’s leaders.

Adebayo stated this during a visit to residence of MKO Abiola by members of Pro-June 12 Movement and the Patriots in Ikeja on Thursday.

The SDP chieftain explained that even though democracy,as of now, might be imperfect, it still remained the fairest and surest way by which the minority could have their say and the majority, their way.

According to him, though democracy might not have met expectations, Nigerians still enjoy freedom of speech and association as well as the right to elect their leaders.

“For us, our Democracy Day represents a statement of intent, irrevocable decision and irretraceable step in our march to freedom from military rule and dictatorship.

“Although the practice of democracy in our country may have fallen below the expectations of not a few, we take solace in the fact that we have freedom of speech and association and we elect our leaders fairly, even though not perfectly.

“In spite of the imperfections of our democracy, it remains the best option for us in electing our leaders.

“In light of this, the task before us as a people and as a nation is to strive towards perfecting our democracy, especially in critical areas such as transparent and credible elections, accountable governance and citizen participation,” Adebayo said.

The politician urged public office holders to serve the people with humility, reminding them that government was not a place for revenge, personal reward, egoism.or aggrandisement.

He maintained that democracy is a place to serve the rest of the citizens, who cannot converge on the State House or the National Assembly or judge every case in the judiciary.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/12/june-12-democracy-remains-best-option-in-spite-of-imperfection-adebayo/