Outraged by the theft of N80 billion from the Federal Government’s coffers, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has asked Nigerians to rise up and stop the “gangsterism”.
He said only a lunatic in government will steal N80 billion of the citizens’ money for personal use.
“We can’t allow this gangsterism to continue, Nigerians should take back their country,” Obi said.
Persecondnews recalls that the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, was on May 16, 2022 arrested over alleged laundering and diversion of public funds to the tune of N80 billion.
The money was allegedly laundered through some bogus contracts and companies linked to family members and associates of the accountant-general.
Idris was intercepted in Kano by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and flown to Abuja for interrogation.
Speaking on Sunday in Abuja, Obi described 70 percent of politicians in Nigeria today as lunatics.
The presidential flagbearer spoke at the Men of Valour conference with the theme: “Navigating the corridors of power, the church, and the politics organized by the Revival House of International Church (RHOGIC), Abuja.
“70 percent 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,” said former Anambra governor.
According to him, most of the politicians in the corridors of power have no reason to be there, describing politics in Nigeria as a case where lunatics have taken over the asylum.
Obi warned that unless the “lunatics” are flushed out and competent people voted in, the country will continue to suffer.
He declared: “If we get young people with the competence and capacity to be there, things will change.”
On the possibility of a third force wresting power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party( PDP), he said Nigerians electorate will decide.
“It has been a two-horse race for 24 years and nothing has changed as the number of people pushed into extreme poverty has doubled from 60 million to 120 million in 24 years.
“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 lawmaker.
“When I left as governor no state was financially stable as Anambra. We were not owing anybody. The people will decide who will rule them.
“Luckily we have eights 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,” Obi, Vice-Presidential Candidate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 poll, said.
On the place of prayers and the 2023 polls, the banker-turned politician said prayers alone cannot salvage the country, saying Nigerians must take action.
According to Obi, Nigerians have played their religious roles enough and, therefore, it is time to take action by mobilizing and voting for their candidate of choice.
The LP candidate also asserted:”We have prayed enough, it is time to act. With these people in power? You can pray from now until anytime, they won’t go until you chase them out.
“So it is time to act, not just pray. It is time for us to close the church and deal with these people.”
Corroborating Obi’s position, Mr Vidiyano Bamaiyi, the National Secretary of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) said 75 percent of Nigerian politicians are political bandits.
“Political bandits that have taken over Nigeria, most of them have no business being there. Political bandits and brigands have taken over the political space.”
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