By Ezeocha Nzeh
A former presidential candidate and now chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called on all appointed public officials who are nursing political ambitions in 2023 to resign from their present positions before joining the partisan politics train.
Olawepo – Hashim, who made the call while delivering a paper, titled: Uthman Danfodiyo: A Legacy of Anti-Corruption, at the Arewa House Public Lecture in Kaduna on Thursday, posited that the fight against corruption would be enhanced when the forces promoting graft are prevented from hijacking the processes in the build-up to 2023 general election, adding that politicians with established facie cases of corruption against them must be shamed and prevented by the electorate from being nominated in the various party elections.
“The opportunity to speak on this important topic concerning the legacy of a scholar, philosopher and extraordinary reformer, Sheikh Uthman Danfodio, especially as it affects corruption, the hydra-headed virus ravaging Nigeria’s social, political and economic fabric”.
He added: “Nothing of recent underscores the depth of the corruption quagmire in our country as the sordid details of the alleged drug deals of the soon-to-be extradited top policeman, DCP Abba Kyari.
“This particular case is interesting because it reveals how audacious the corrupt have become in the Nigerian system. Since Kyari was already indicted on cybercrime, one would have expected him to keep a low profile, as men of the underworld do in other climes when the radar is on them.
“But in Nigeria, the criminals now believe that there is no government and that they can literally get away with just anything.”
