A Nigerian elderstatesman and a former governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said that Nigeria’s political landscape has been hijacked by selfish politicians.

Represented by his son, Kassim, Balarabe Musa stated this on Sunday at the 19th memorial lecture of the late politician, Chief Josiah Sunday Olawoyin in Offa,  Kwara State.

Speaking on the theme, ‘Sustaining The Gains of Kwara Liberation Accomplishment Via the Vehicle of Political Idealism,’ Musa said only an alliance of progressive political opposition parties can bail out the country and make the current democracy to succeed.

He said while politicians of the colonial era and First Republic ruled with credible leadership and provided selfless service to the people, those who served after them from the Second Republic to the present time only came to milk the nation dry.

“There is no basis of comparison between politicians of the colonial times and the First Republic on one hand and the subsequent republics on the other.

“Even though the First Republic governance was characterized by semi feudalism and conservatism, there was credible leadership and concern for the people,” the elder statesman said.