PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has said mad people have taken over politics and governance in Nigeria.
Obi spoke during a panel session at the Men of Valour Conference-themed, ‘Navigating the Corridors of Power: The Church and Politics,’ convened by the Revival House of Glory, Abuja.
Obi stressed that Nigerians must act now to ensure accountable leadership.
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According to him, only a lunatic in government would steal N80 billion from the public treasury.
He warned that the country will continue to suffer unless corrupt politicians give way to competent people.
Obi said, “We can’t allow this gangsterism to continue, Nigerians should take back their country. Seventy per cent of those who are in politics today should not have any reason to be there. I have said it, politics in Nigeria is a case where lunatics have taken over the asylum.
“This is the only country where the worst is leading. I was a trader and gradually entered into politics. When you take far more than you need you are sick.
“How do you explain that one person took N80 billion. It is not greed, it is sickness. When you take N1 billion that is greed but when you take N80 billion, that is sickness. Mad people have taken over our politics.”
He urged Nigerians to elect young people with competence and capacity to achieve desirable results.
Obi said a third force can wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“It is about the people. When I contested as governor in Anambra I did so in a small party. People told me that I had no structure. People are the structure. When I was a governor in Anambra, my party had no state or federal lawmakers.
“When I left as governor no state was as financially stable as Anambra. We were not owing anybody.
“The people will decide who will rule them. Luckily we have eight months, let people come and tell you how they have started. Come and tell us, don’t use people or glossy paper, tell us from your mouth so that we can hold you to account,” he added.
Nurudeen Akewushola is an investigative reporter and fact-checker with The ICIR. He believes courageous in-depth investigative reporting is the key to social justice, accountability and good governance in society. You can reach him via [email protected] and @NurudeenAkewus1 on Twitter.