Aliyu said on Friday at a lecture at the 24th convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, that corruption is not only stealing money but doing things wrongly.

Governor Aliyu, while speaking on the defeat of the PDP by the All Progressives Congress, said: “We saw it coming before the elections, but nothing was done.”

Commiserating with Prof. Ahmed Alkali, the Political Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, after his principal lost the election, Aliyu said: “Many of us saw the defeat coming.

“Even when I told some of us (PDP members) that we had a one-term agreement, they nearly crucified me.

“Now, sir (to Alkali) you have seen the results.”

Aliyu further stated that the emergence of APC is good for democracy because it will end the one-party system.

Speaking after Hon. Justice Legbo Kutigi delivered a lecture titled: “The role of Law in the Enhancement of Socio-Economic Growth of the Nation,” Aliyu disclosed that not only government officials are corrupt but that corruption itself starts from the home.

He further called for devolution of powers, saying that politics is about bringing development to the society and not to enrich oneself.

In his remarks, Alkali, who is the Pro-Chancellor of the FUT, Minna, said: “Nigeria is at a crossroad because 2015 is a year of political transition.

“If Nigeria must fight corruption, we must all check ourselves to ensure that at all levels we kill corruption.

“Anything we do in excess is corruption.”

While commending President Jonathan for his role so far in setting good democratic precedent, Alkali said: “It is unpatriotic for Nigerians to say that if PDP loses, the election is not credible, but when it is APC, it is free, fair and credible.”