If you cannot lie, get out of politics- Niger state governor

Governor of Niger state, Aliyu Babangida
says that one has to tell lies to survive in
the political scene of today, adding that
there is no morality in politics. He says if
anyone wants to pursue morality, they
should go and become Imams or Pastors. The
Governor stated this while inaugurating the
PDP guber campaign committee in Minna the
state capital yesterday January 5th.
"If you cannot lie, get out of politics.
Anything you are involved in has its
own rule. You are in politics to win,
win first and let other things follow.
Don’t be the one crying louder; lest you
will be the one they will take to court.
If you are talking of honesty or
morals, go and become an Imam or
pastor. Politics cannot be the way it
used to be.
"The challenges are more now, the
variables have changed, the issues that
we are going to face in 2015 are
different from the ones we faced in
1999 and we must bear this in mind. Our
society is not as grateful as it used to
be, the values and morals have gone
down. If you want to win, use the
modern morality. We have worked for
the people. Politics is not about sadaka
(giving alms), politics reminds people of
what you have done. Go out and remind
the people of what we have done.” he
said