Wane rawa ka taka a tafiyar Nijeriya zuwa ga dimokuradiyya?

Na taka rawata a cikin dogon gwagwarmayar da a ƙarshe ta kai ga dawo da dimokuraɗiyya a shekara ta 1999.

Na shiga siyasa kai-tsaye a shekara ta 1989 a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Shehu Musa Yar’Adua kuma na shiga cikin ƙungiyar da ke gwagwarmayar neman gwamnatin dimokuraɗiyya. A shekara ta 1993, na tsaya takarar neman nadin shugaban ƙasa a jam’iyyar SDP, amma bayan zagaye na farko na ja da baya na goyi bayan Chief MKO Abiola.

A lokacin mulkin Abacha, na yi adawa da ci gaba da mulkin soja kuma a ƙarshe aka tilasta min gudun hijira. Na ci gaba da shiga cikin gwagwarmayar dimokuraɗiyya kuma na kasance wani ɓangare na ƙawancen shugabannin siyasa masu faɗi da suka yi adawa da shirin Abacha na nemawa kansa cigaba a kan mulki, daga baya kuma na shiga cikin sake tsara siyasa wanda ya haifar da kafuwar PDP a shekara ta 1998.

Lokacin da aka fara sauyi zuwa mulkin farar hula, na lashe zaɓen Gwamnan Jihar Adamawa. Kafin in hau mulki, aka zaɓe ni a matsayin ɗan takarar mataimakin shugaban ƙasa tare da Olusegun Obasanjo. Mun lashe zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na 1999 kuma aka rantsar da mu a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1999, wanda ya fara Jamhuriya ta Hudu ta Najeriya.

Ba zan taɓa cewa dimokuraɗiyya nasarar mutum ɗaya ba ce. Yawancin ’yan Najeriya, masu fafutukar neman dimokuraɗiyya, ’yan jarida, shugabannin ƙungiyoyin farar hula, ’yan siyasa da talakawa, sun yi manyan sadaukarwa. Ina alfahari da taka rawata a wannan tafiya.