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Mr Atedo Peterside, the founder and president of the Anap Foundation, said on Wednesday, that "state capture", is worse than corruption.
Peterside highlighted the danger of state capture during the 4th Nigerian Leadership Colloquium lecture, which had as its theme "Mistakes Nigeria Made."
The lecture was held in honour of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, who turned 63, on Tuesday.
In the keynote address, Peterside defined state capture culprits as public servants and corporate elites who felt it was their divine right to seize control of all the nation's resources and abandon the rest of the populace.
He stated that the dangerous thing about state capture, which made it worse than corruption, was that it could be achieved and sustained through legal and constitutional instruments.
Peterside said: “We must not give up. Those of us who are not beneficiaries of state capture must make it a priority to fight for the rights of 200 million Nigerians.
“In the meantime, we must hold every public officer accountable. Think about it, if we just leave them alone, no whistle-blowing, no pressure on them; they will even capture more of the state.
“The rest of us who are not part of that state capture must constantly get involved in whistle-blowing and shouting to the high heavens. It is like holding their feet to the fire. If we do not hold their feet to the fire there will be no change.
“The real enemies are those that are involved in state capture. You can be in APC, PDP or Labour Party and still be my enemy if you are involved in state capture.
“The point I am making is that those who are enemies of state capture must organise the opposition to be genuinely against state capture.”
