Democratic principles such as the rule of law and respect for human rights have become the song on the lips of western nations and international organizations such as United Nation, European Union and African Union. Legal institutions now adjudicate based on it. Religious ethos on the other hand have been employed by many western countries and United States as rule in their daily lives, yet openly declared that they are secular states. This paper examined such practice where Nigeria is said to be a secular state, yet promoted religious festivals and programs with state fund asking the basis for the so called secularity. The paper further advocated that instead of pretending to be a secular state when they are not, the Nigerian government should integrate the ethos of religion and principles of democracy to form what it called “religious democracy”. This paper as literary research employed analytic method of research in arriving at its conclusion. As literary research, materials from offline and online libraries have been used. The paper recommended among others that the way forward is the intertwining of religious ethos with democracy in Nigeria instead of hiding under the cocoon of secularity which does not exist in practice.