Prominent public commentator and activist, Mahdi Shehu, has once again taken a swipe at Nigeria’s political class, describing the country’s political system as one built on greed, deceit, and inhumanity.

In a detailed post on X on Thursday titled “DNA Sketching of Political Parties and Other Groups in Nigeria,” Shehu likened Nigeria’s major political parties to scriptural figures and institutions driven by selfish ambitions and betrayal.

According to him, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is largely made up of individuals whose conduct mirrors the scripturally detailed Pharaoh, whose reign was characterized by terror, greed, deception, dictatorship, and blind ambition to last forever.

He added that while there might be a few good ones among them, the preponderance of the party’s members reflects wickedness and a delusional pretense to be God.

“Naturally there will be few good ones, even if unknown and silent but preponderance of the party congregants are a clear reflection of the scripturally detailed PHAROAH whose reign was characterized by terror, greed, deception, dictatorship. wickedness and blind ambition to last forever and a delusional pretence to be God. Recall how PHAROAH was subsumed and Humiliated.”

Turning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu described its members as repentant wolves still looking for sheep to feast on, adding that the party has become severely self-injured, with karma visiting them all year through, gasping for oxygen and surely going to die with neither an Imam nor a Priest willing to preside over the burial.

For the Labour Party (LP), Shehu said while there are good people within the party, it is full of envy, greed, backstabbing, and treachery. 

He accused some members of betraying their cause for money, saying a section of them have a price tag and have already collected and swallowed the forbidden fruit of dollars and naira.

He described the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as made up of strange bedfellows and sworn enemies united by desperation for power.

According to him, the party is filled with people with daggers at hand and hate in their hearts, proudly carrying a sense of entitlement.

Commenting on other smaller parties, Shehu said they are a mixture of the good, the bad, the greedy, and the afflicted by poverty .

He added that many of them are rarely popular outside their localities and are often waiting for election time to cash out and later cry foul after Elections are rigged.

Citing a verse from the Bible, James 4:1-4, he noted that the root of Nigeria’s political crisis lies in the selfish desires and greed of those in power.

 “You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight,” the verse reads in part.

Shehu added that these attitudes have turned life in Nigeria into one marked by suffering, fear, instability, deceit, selfishness, and a lack of compassion among people.

“Pity, sad, disgusting, and indeed a shame,” he concluded.