Nigerian leading presidential candidate Peter Obi has pledged 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. Obi said he would conduct a dialogue with secessionists in Nigeria´s southeast.
And he promised to introduce a range of security reforms, especially in the troubled northern region where thousands have been killed by armed gangs in the last year.
Those changes could encourage members of Nigeria´s large diaspora communities abroad to consider returning home and aiding development, he added.
