Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President has stated that some of the people currently in government should be behind bars for their past misdemeanors and criminal misconducts, which does not give them the moral to occupy any position.

Obasanjo stated this on Thursday, September 19, 2024, while speaking virtually at the memorial lecture of Denis Joseph Slattery in Lagos. He claimed that government officials with “questionable” integrity cannot make good decisions that will benefit Nigerians.

In his speech titled “The Imperative for Moral Rectitude in Governance,” Obasanjo pointed out that the most important demand of anybody involved in governance at any level is “accountability.”

He added: “If you look clinically at the people in government today at both executive and legislative levels, some of them should be permanently behind bars for their past misdemeanor and criminal misconduct. You cannot expect thieves to give good judgment in favor of the owner of the property.”

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