Egyptian-type revolution impossible in Nigeria – FG – The Punch

Nigeria’s highest decision-making body, the Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday said it was sure that the type of popular uprising ripping through some North African and Middle East countries could not happen in the country.
FEC said this even as it disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan had ordered the immediate evacuation of Nigerians from the troubled countries.
The body at its weekly meeting in Abuja said Nigeria was being “run on constitutional order,” hence it was not possible for the people to rise against the authorities as currently entails in the North African countries, notwithstanding that Nigeria is facing similar developmental challenges as the affected countries.
Former presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) had warned in an interview at the weekend that Nigeria risked a popular uprising if the government failed to give the citizens credible elections in April.