A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Saliu Mustapha, has blamed the “desperate lies” of the political elite for the cause insecurity in the country.
Mustapha made this known on Sunday during the launching of “Twenty-One political lies in Nigeria”, a book written by a former commissioner and legislator, Iyiola Oyedepo, at Kwara Hotel in Ilorin.
Mustapha, in his address as the chief launcher, said: “If we are sincere with ourselves as political elite, we will realise that it is an accumulation of the desperate lies of the political class that has brought Nigeria to its current quagmire on security and ethnic agitations.”
He called for a change, emphasising the need to salvage some of the failing sectors in the country.
“I have had the privilege of an advance copy of the book and from my preview one cannot but appreciate the industry that Chief Oyedepo brought into the writing of the book… I would like to urge us all, the political class, whether ruling or opposition, to embrace a more transparent approach to winning elections. This cannot be overemphasised because at the end of our endeavours, what will matter most is the number of lives impacted,” he said.
