Coordinator of Christ Apostolic Church, Mountain of Mercy, Erio, Ekiti State, Prophet Sam Olu-Alo, has blamed the pervasive corruption in the country on judges and religious leaders for not playing well their part in ensuring sanity in the system.

Olu-Alo, who wondered why judges jailed petty thieves over theft of mobile phone or goat but grant bail to those who looted millions and billions from the commonwealth, tasked judicial officials to be firm and alive to their responsibilities in fairness if corruption was to be stamped out of the country.

The cleric, who spoke to journalists shortly after the July edition of his prophetic programme tagged: “Seven Hours, Seven Prophets,” also took a swipe at leaders of the different religions for not preaching the truth nor chastising their followers over corrupt tendencies.

He said: “The truth is that these leaders that loot the economy worship in one church or mosque. If the religious leaders – pastors, prophets, evangelists, imams, alfas and alhajis – had been telling them that suffering, pain and God’s anger are implications of dipping their hands into the commonwealth, the situation would have been different.

“If the desired change begins from the churches and mosques, if the leaders at churches and mosques reject the mouth-watering offerings and gifts that such leaders bring and tell the leaders the implication of their actions, we will see that corruption will become history in Nigeria.

Olu-Alo, who lauded fight against corruption, charged the Federal Government and the judges to ensure that “any looter, no matter which political party or class he belongs must face the music.

“The anti-corruption war should be holistic. It should be all embracing cutting across the different political parties and social classes. There should be sincerity in the fight for it to really achieve the desired purpose of stamping out corruption and negative tendencies”.

The cleric, who urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, expressed confidence that all would be well for the country, saying it would take time to correct the ills that brought about the present situation.

He urged Nigerians to cultivate the habit of praying for the country, saying: “There is a way out. There is hope for Nigeria. It is in times like this that God will answer the prayers of the faithful. My vision for Nigeria is that it will be well. And this will be very soon.”