Nigerian leading presidential candidate Peter Obi pledged Monday to rid Africa’s most populous nation of endemic corruption and widespread insecurity if he wins next month’s election.
Obi, who is one of 18 seeking Nigeria’s highest office, described his country as “a failing state” in need of new political leadership during his speech at the Chatham House international affairs think tank in London.
“Unless we change the politics by changing the political leadership, we are stuck in this terrible state of underdevelopment and misery,” said Obi, a former governor of southeastern Anambra state who is the candidate of Nigeria’s Labour Party.
Recent polls have shown Obi leading the crowded field, ahead of the ruling party’s candidate Bola Tinubu and the main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar. That’s despite those opponents having high name recognition: Tinubu is a former governor of Lagos state and Abubakar is a former vice president.
Political analysts have
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