The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said 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 stated this at the weekend, at the Men of Valour conference, with the theme: Navigating the corridors of power, the church, and the politics, organised by the Revival House of International Church (RHOGIC), Abuja.
The former governor of Anambra State, who described 70 percent of politicians in Nigeria as lunatics, said only a lunatic in government would steal N80 billion of the citizens’ money for personal use.
According to him, Nigeria would continue to suffer unless these lunatics were flushed out and replaced with competent people at the next elections.
Mad people have taken over our politics. If we get young people with the competence and capacity to be there, things will change.
Obi, while speaking on whether a ‘third force’ could take power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the people will decide.
On the 2023 general elections, Obi said prayers alone could not salvage the country.
According to him, Nigerians have played their religious roles enough and, therefore, it is time to take action by mobilising and voting for their candidate of choice.
Obi also urged the youths not to make a profession out of politics.
