Nigerian comedian, Alibaba has revealed that he won’t be running for a political office in this present day Nigeria.
In
a recent encounter with Sunday Scoop, he stated that he didn’t have
faith in the Nigerian political system. He said, “ I think Banky W and
other entertainers running for political offices have a stronger belief
in the system than I do. I don’ t think there can be credible elections
when the voting system is not credible.
That has been my fear. Also,
we are still practising money politics, which means that an individual
with the biggest pocket takes the slot.”
He maintained that
it would be hard for anyone to drive a change as the person would have
to work with the existing constitution.
He said, “ I don’ t
understand why the person who used the maze to hit the head of his
colleague in the Senate is still there. Once you have embarrassed the
chamber, you should be thrown out.
Why are they yet to
prosecute the people who went into the chamber and carried the maze? Why
should it take so long to put people who said a snake swallowed money
in jail? When the constitution is strengthened and the political scene
is convenient for people who don’t use money to contest elections, then I
can go into politics.”
Punch