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• 07 Mar, 2026

Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani has said that Nigeria is under the threat of politicians who are bent on scuttling democracy if government's decisions and policy outcomes are not in their favour. The governor, who sounded the alarm on Thursday evening after breaking the Ramadan fast with journalists at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, alerted them on the activities of these politicians that he referred to as ''latter-day activists.'' He pointed out that journalists fought for democracy more than any group of professionals in Nigeria, so they should not allow what they sacrificed for to be truncated by anti-democratic forces. Governor Sani recalled that: "When we were in the struggle, we the civil rights activists, relied mostly on journalists. Most of them lost their freedoms. Some of them lost their lives when we were fighting for democracy.'' According to him, Nigerians cannot "talk of democracy today without the contribution of journalists. So, you have to be vigilant about these category of politicians who are conflict merchants.'' The governor pointed out that these politicians do not focus on issues of development like healthcare, education, human capital and infrastructural development or unemployment and poverty. "Rather, they dwell on ethnicity and religion which divide the country. When campaigns begin, they will focus on these issues instead of focusing on matters that affect all Nigerians irrespective of ethno-religious affiliations,'' he warned. Source: https://thesun.ng/uba-sani-to-journalists-stay-clear-of-anti-democratic-forces/