A chieftain of the Labour Party, Dr Abayomi Arabambi has advised President Bola Tinubu to immediately make an executive pronouncement that will stipulate capital punishment for corrupt public officials and other criminals, especially bandits and kidnappers. The LP Publicity Secretary also berated his counterpart in the ruling All Progressives Congress for accusing opposition parties of sponsoring recent protests in some parts of the country over the rising cost of living and widespread hardships in the land.
Speaking at a Press Conference in Abuja on Sunday, Arabambi wondered why some high profile corruption cases have either been silenced or dragged unneccesarily, charging anti-corruption agencies to sit up and perform their roles without fear or favour. He insisted that, if capital punishment is legalized for such ofences, the pertrators will always apply caution.
His words: “Urgent attention is needed to avert further escalation while Capital punishment for such crimes through executive order to be promulgated by the president could be a deterrent to it’s continuation and has the capacity to foster accountability
“I believe that if there is capital punishment for these crimes through executive order, maybe Nigeria will straighten up, and people will not be stealing Nigeria’s money.”
He further advocated stricter punsihment for corrpution: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must stop this endemic corruption; hence, there is nothing he can do to stop the uprising as a result of high cost of foods because only Nigerians have the power to save their president once there is an uprising, which happens in Egypt, Algeria, Libya. We are hungry and many Nigerians have died for lack of food and many more are committing suicide daily
“Tinubu should order that any kidnapper or corrupt person arrested for stealing money belonging to the Nigerian people must be executed.” He said
While emphasising that hunger and hardship havw continued to plague Nigerians, the LP Spokesperson warned that if nothing is done urgently to address the hardship, the situation may soon get out of hands.
He said: “Nigeria is confronted with pressing challenges, notably the looming specter of hunger and recent revelations like the EFCC’s disclosure about financial misappropriations and if not properly managed, it could escalate to what we don’t imagine. Hunger is on the land; we all know.”
Reacting to the acusation by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, that opposition parties were sponsoring protests across the land, Arabambi described such claims as irresponsible. He said: “It is irresponsible to accuse the opposition of causing rising commodity prices and hunger which was cause by the successive administration especially the immediate past Buhari government”
He denied that some individuals parading themselves as members of the LP, are acting on behalf of the party, while calling on security agencies to arrest and prosecute them for trteasonable felony. “…the likes of Kenneth OKONKWO, Dele FAMORUTI, Aisha Yesufu who are parading themselves as LP members are not our members.
“We urge the security agencies to effect their arrests over the statements and conduct’s against the constitution, the Nigerian state and the President. They all should have been arrested for treasonable felony which is punishable by death for their divisive and inflammatory statement against the president and commander in chief of Armed forces” He said.
