The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has described 70 percent of politicians in Nigeria today as lunatics.
He made this declaration Sunday 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.
Obi was a former presidential aspirant in the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, who left the party and pulled out of the race on May 25, 2022; days before the PDP primary election which saw the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as flagbearer.
Shortly after, on May 30, he became the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party after Professor Pat Utomi stepped down.
According to him, only a lunatic in government with steal N80 billion of the citizens money for personal use.
He stressed that 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 these “lunatics” are flushed out and competent people voted in, the country will continue to suffer. He said: “we can’t allow this gangsterism to continue, Nigerians should take back their country.”
He said “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 B1 billion that is greed but when you take N80 billion that is sickness. Mad people have taken over our politics.
“If we get young people with the competence and capacity to be there, things will change.”
On whether a third force can wrest power from the powerful duo of All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party( PDP), the former Anambra state governor said the people will decide.
He said 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.
Credit: Daily Sun