Yoruba Monarch Calls For Death Penalty For Corrupt Person, Life Imprisonment For Accomplice

By Alex Otudor

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-His Royal Magesty,the  Oluwo of Iwo,Oba Abdul Rasheed Adewale Akanbi has called for death penalty for corrupt person’s in the country.

The first class traditional ruler who spoke at the annual  Crime Reporters Award day in Lagos also called for life imprisonment for accomplices of corrupt person’s to serve as deterrent.

He lamented that government has been  paying lip service to fighting corruption, nothing that no top senior civil servant or politician has been jailed for corruption after six years of this regime.

He called on Nigerians to stop worshipping riches and start questioning the source of wealth of most people in high places in the society.

“Sadly,Nigerians are honouring thieves and worship money even if it was illegally acquired, stolen and other defrauded to get rich”,he said.

He lamented that people have getting away with crime hence the high rate of corruption in all level of the society.

According to him,the increasing level of drug unsafe in the country could be attributed to the high level of youth unemployment inthe country, calling on the government at all levels to fashion out programs that will gainfully employ the youth and steer them away from the use of drugs. 

The royal father’s call on Nigerians to get back to their root, culture and the worship of God.

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