Half of Nigerian leaders should be in jail but for the ineffective police system – SDP presidential candidate, Abedayo

Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2023 election, Adewole Adebayo, has said that Nigerian leaders have not been jailed because of inefficient police system.

He said this on Sunday during the second edition of the presidential town-hall meeting organized by ARISE TV in collaboration with Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD).

He expressed that to tackle crime, it must start from the leaders. According to him, if elected president in the forthcoming election, he would change the system in a bid to proffer solutions to the ravaging criminal activities in the country.

He said; And the two steps to take to eliminate crime is to eliminate crime within the government. That is the hardest thing to do in Nigeria.

“One of the reasons we don’t have an efficient police system is that if we had an efficient police system, half of those who are in government will be in jail.

“So, it’s not in the interest of the government as it’s today, to have an effective police force. But they need the police for protection. So, I will make that difference.”