The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has warned of impending troubles for the country unless credible polls are conducted.
Oba Akiolu who was speaking yesterday in Lagos at the opening of the
First Commanding Officers Workshop 2013 held at the 81 Division Officers
Mess, Marina, Lagos, said: “Let us be honest with ourselves, trouble is
coming in Nigeria, but it is avoidable only if we conduct honest, fair
and sincere elections”.
The monarch, who berated traditional rulers for refusing to tell the
truth to people in authority, said the current state of insecurity and
other evils in society was partly caused by suffering and poverty.
He continued: “What I am after is good governance in this country,
but it is unfortunate that there are monarchs who will tell the
authority only what they want to hear, but I am not in that category.
“It is unfortunate that we have found ourselves in the situation we are now.
“The level of poverty and suffering among our people is now growing
at a geometrical progression and we think it will continue to go on like
this?” he queried.
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