Speaking to journalists during a march against corruption yesterday in Abuja, the group’s president, Comrade Oliver Ezeama, said they staged the campaign advocating for death penalty for corruption because it is destroying the nation speedily, saying they want it to be killed from its root instead of just being managed.
Ezeama said the nation has tried to fight corruption through various methods in the past to no avail, adding that some set of people are busy feeding fat on proceeds of corruption to the detriment of the larger society.
He said: “Look at other African countries progressing; countries that Nigeria started with; they are far ahead of us and we are still behind. All these countries that are far ahead of us do not have oil or natural resources as much as we do but they are all progressing.
“These countries were able to catch up and overtake Nigeria because they embraced transparency; integrity and dignity while we have remained underdeveloped by corruption, with citizens living in penury and from hand to mouth. It is high time we see corruption as a very serious issue in this country; the menace is more serious than Boko Haram.”
According to him: “The nation has channeled a lot of energy into tackling or security challenge while corruption is killing the very essence of our nationhood. Boko Haram kills thousands while corruption kills millions every day.
“Corruption is worse than HIV and even Ebola that is why we must develop anti-corruption policies as countries like China that stabilised their economy because of their strict action against corruption. That is why we are pushing for nothing less than death penalty because Nigerians are not scared of imprisonment, no matter the length of prison time meted out to them.”
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