Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has urged Nigerians to reject the present crop of political leaders who’ve led the nation into ruins.
Sowore, whereas talking on the Commerce Union Congress of Nigeria Political Spherical Desk 2022, on Thursday known as on Nigerians to be extra intentional with these they elect to be their leaders come 2023.
Drawing an analogy of the Nigerian state of affairs, Sowore made reference to the story of a kidnapper, Sadu Ardo Bunkawu, who rejected a share of N200,000 out of a ransom of N12million collected by his gang of criminals.
Bunkawu, who described it as a “excessive degree of injustice”, reported the matter to the police for justice to be executed.
In his analogy, Sowore famous that the present crop of politicians are like Bunkawu, as they arrive to report themselves to the residents at each election interval after which they attempt to elicit pity by in search of votes from the citizens whom they’ve cheated over time.
He known as on Nigerians to solid their votes for competent individuals like him who can result in revolution to the political sphere within the nation.
In the meantime, he took a swipe on the Labour Motion which he described as an ‘orphanage of politicians’ who could not discover their footing any longer within the common political events.
He mentioned, “The Labour motion has develop into the orphanage of politicians who’ve misplaced out of their common locations and that’s the largest drawback of the labour motion, that you simply settle for every kind of characters after they lose out the place they naturally belong and that’s the reason you are in all probability right here at this time.
“I learn within the newspaper that some kidnappers kidnapped somebody, they received N12million as ransom from the sufferer; it was after they had been sharing the cash, the chief of the gang cheated the others, he gave the fellows who took danger N200,000; they went to the police station to report the chief that he cheated them, that tells you the place Nigeria is at this time.
“As I am speaking to you now, the police is investigating the problem with out arresting the criminals, that’s the place Nigeria is, the leaders have kidnapped our individuals, their aspirations for the longer term and skill to outlive after which they arrive again to the individuals to report themselves, saying, ‘see now we have cheated you a lot however amongst these of us who cheated you, some have additionally cheated us, please vote for these of us who’re cheated’.
“Let’s cease fooling ourselves, you’ve got competent individuals to rule this nation, two weeks in the past, I declared as a candidate for the 2023 presidency as a result of I can do the job higher than all these jokers who’re transferring round and there’s no have to exit of this corridor in search of people who find themselves urinating on themselves, there is no such thing as a want to go away this corridor and vote for people who find themselves articulating after ruining your Universities and created their personal college, there is no such thing as a want for that when you’ve got competent individuals right here.”
