Presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA) Hamza Al-Mustapha has said the nation’s anticorruption agencies by their set up, are not equipped to fight corruption.
He stated this on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television, monitored by our correspondent.
Using the analogy of the rabbit and lion, Al-Mustapha said “A situation with this the way I see it, where you call a rabbit to be the chairman of arresting lions, you know it is semantics. The rabbit will be running around the animal kingdom, but the lion will be sleeping the way it wants and nothing will happen.”
The presidential hopeful said if elected, he will set up structures and relevant agencies to address corrupt practices.
He also said he is bold enough to confront corrupt individuals, irrespective of their social or political standing.
“If you’re talking about boldness, God willing, I’m not boasting,” he said.
“Boldness in rendering service for Nigeria was, first of all, what fetched the persecution I went through yesterday because I don’t know how you can ask me to paint white [as] black and present black [as] white.
“Many of those who believe they hated my guts were the ones that punished me and call me names.”
