A candidate for the 2019 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore, has dismissed many of Nigeria’s past leaders as ‘morons’ who don’t think.
The presidential candidate made the remark while speaking at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, as he took digs at former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said, “Starting from Obasanjo’s administration, we have been ruled by morons. Our leaders don’t have intellect, they don’t think.
“A man who is looking for his certificate at 76 is an idiot. How can you be looking for a certificate that is with Cambridge in WAEC?”
The Sahara Reporters publisher, running for president on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC), also vowed to jail past leaders who have looted the country.
He said he’ll not spare any leader whose greed had put the nation in jeopardy and vowed to recover loot from living and dead looters.
He said, “I will be clear about fighting corruption. If we find out that someone stole 20 years ago, we will jail the person even if he only has a day left to live.
“If you are collecting Abacha’s loot, you should be collecting Obasanjo’s loot, you should be collecting Babangida’s loot. Loot is loot!
“If we can collect money from Abacha who is dead, why can’t we collect our looted money from Obasanjo and Babangida who have embezzled our money while they were in government I will probe them all.
“Over the years, Nigerians have been serving the greedy. I think it is the time to serve the needy, we need to draw line to say enough is enough.”
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