A security consultant, Kabiru Adamu, has warned that many young Nigerians expressing support for recent coups in Africa do not understand the realities of military rule.
Adamu issued the warning on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.
The security expert argued that Nigerians under 30 had not experienced a military dictatorship and may have a wrong impression about the wave of coups across the continent.
“For anyone below 30 years old, they may not have experienced that. So Gen Z, the same movement that we’re seeing protests by Gen Z in other parts of the world.
“There’s nothing at the moment telling me that the Gen Z in Nigeria understands the consequences of a military dictatorship, because I see them supporting the dictatorship that is taking place in Burkina Faso, in Mali. They see those military juntas as heroes,” he said on the political programme.
