Peter Obi Calls for Death Sentence, Life Imprisonment as Punishment for Corrupt Politicians

Peter Obi has advocated stricter punishment for corrupt leaders in Nigeria. 

The former Labour party presidential candidate made the call while speaking during a courtesy visit to publisher, Dele Momodu, at his residence on Thursday, May 15. 

In his words;

‘’Africa has no reason to be hungry. All we need to do is to do the right thing. All these things are being affected by corruption because people no longer find value in hardwork, in productivity, entrepreneurship. You started your own business. You are working hard to earn your own living. Today, people with no daytime jobs live better than you live. People with no office live like stars. It is a crisis.

So we must deal with the issue of corruption, aggressively. Maybe what the Chinese people are doing..commensurate…There is an amount you steal, it is death sentence. There is an amount you steal, it is life imprisonment. There is an amount you steal, it is not less than ten years imprisonment. So when you deal with it critically and then start investing in critical areas of development which we can achieve by ensuring that those who we elect are one, competent, two, have the capacity because you can be competent but have passed the age where you have the capacity to work…You must have the capacity to move around and do the right thing. Three, have compassion. Leadership without compassion is not a leader. A leader must be somebody that 24 hours thinking about the people”

“There is an amount you steal, it is d3@th sentence” – Peter Obi uses China as example as he suggests strict measures to tackle corruption in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/IjKvlx6Owu

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