The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, on Thursday called for death penalty for corrupt persons in the country.
The Osun State first class traditional ruler made his position known at the annual Crime Reporters Award in Lagos.
Akanbi also called for life imprisonment for accomplices of corrupt persons to serve as deterrent.
He lamented that government has been paying lip service to fighting corruption, noting that no top senior civil servant or politician has been jailed for corruption after six years of this regime.
He called on Nigerians to stop worshipping riches and start questioning the source of wealth of most people in high places in the society.
He said: “Sadly, Nigerians are honouring thieves and worship money even if it was illegally acquired, stolen and other defrauded to get rich.”
Oba Akanbi lamented that people have been getting away with crime, hence the high rate of corruption at all levels of the society.
According to him, the increasing level of unsafe drugs in the country could be attributed to the high level of youth unemployment in the country, calling on the government at all levels to fashion out programmes that will gainfully employ the youth and steer them away from the use of drugs.
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