The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has accused the political class of being responsible for the high rate of kidnapping, thuggery and corruption amongst other criminal activities in the country.
He also accused them of destroying institutions including the judiciary.
In a lecture at the 9th triennial National conference of the Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria with the theme: Justice, equity and peaceful co-existence: ideals and reality in a multi -religious nation, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, noted that the political class had destroyed so many things in the country.
Represented by Dr. Bashiru Umar, a senior lecturer at the Department of Islamic Studies, Bayero University kano, the Emir, who was the key note speaker said: “The political class has destroyed so many things in this country. The health system has been destroyed. People now travel abroad for medical attention.
“This political class has instituted thuggery, election malpractices, has institutionalized corruption. They have also destroyed the judiciary. Institutions have been destroyed.
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“And the unfortunate thing is that it is meant to be perpetual and the manipulation of these things has been the source of criminal violence, insecurity in our society, tribal clashes, religious crisis. One crisis will reduce another one will spring up.
“There is now kidnapping amongst other crimes as a result of the elites. This has to change. We should learn from our creator.
“We need to save this our society from imminent destruction. We must support those championing the cause of justice. We must stand up to fight corruption on earth.”
He lamented the rate at which corruption was thriving, calling on Nigerians to stop celebrating corrupt people in the society.
Vice President of Ansar-ud-deen society of Nigeria, Yusuf Ibrahim said there cannot be peace without equity and justice and appealed to politicians to refraint from exploiting the nation’s fault lines just to further their political interests adding: “It is not healthy for the growth and development of Nigeria.”
