Former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro has revealed how politicians deceived him and took all his life savings.
He said he was swindled of his life savings from the Nigeria Police Force by some politicians. According to him, politicians hoodwinked him to contest for a seat in the Nigerian Senate and kept collecting money from him until he was fed up. He said Nigerian elections should not be hinged on who can pay the highest money to the electorate.
“You go, they give you money for votes so that you can vote for somebody whether the person can perform or not. They give you N5,000 and you look for four years. That means the N5,000 is your due for four years.
“I am talking about this thing because once in a time, the politicians have faults but we have more faults than the politicians. I have an experience, let me share the experience, I corrected myself and I said bye-bye to that thing.”
“I contested election in Abuja here, Senate. I was on my own when they called me to come and contest. I said I have just retired, they said no, come and contest. I said okay, I will discuss it with my wife. I told my wife and she said I am afraid.”
“Politicians kept on coming for more money from him to do one thing or the other until one-day l became fed up with the whole process. They would come to me and say we want to go here, bring money; we want to do this, bring money; we want to do that, bring money; I gave all my savings, nothing again to give.
“They came one day, I said I was not going to give more money because I have nothing to give you.”