Posted by Samuel on Sun 05th Oct, 2025 - tori.ng
In a post on X on Sunday, Effiong said Nigerians must confront what he described as a “rotten system” instead of expecting those he called “criminally minded politicians” to reform themselves.
Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has asserted that Nigeria will remain unable to achieve its full potential as long as corrupt and incompetent leaders remain in power.
In a post on X on Sunday, Effiong said Nigerians must confront what he described as a “rotten system” instead of expecting those he called “criminally minded politicians” to reform themselves.
According to him, believing that such leaders will someday work for the nation’s progress is delusional.
Effiong said: “Nigeria will never fulfill its true potentials as long as Nigerians continue to allow the worst among them to rule the country.
“The expectation that the criminals and criminally minded politicians who are ruining the country will someday become circumspect, and begin to work for the progress of Nigeria is delusional.
“We either confront this rotten system and those operating it or we live in perpetual servitude.”