Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Layiwola Erinosho, has warned about imminent revolution due to the widespread of poverty surging crimes, corrupt judiciary, weak Nigeria Police and selfish leadership.

He also alerted that the dreaded Boko Haram might soon spread to the Southern part of the country in no distant future if the issues were not resolved.

“Poverty is the catalyst for revolution and social disorder. Grinding poverty was one of the major causes of the French revolution and Nigeria is heading towards such a revolution if poverty is not addressed very quickly.”

Professor Erinosho, who disclosed this during the presentation of a paper at the distinguished personality lecture organised by National Anthropological and Sociological Students Association (NASA) of the Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, entitled “Sociological Explanation of Insecurity in Nigeria: The Boko Haram Phenomenon,”attributed this to a situation where thousands of graduates were yearly produced without commensurate job opportunities.

According to him, the situation in the country had forced them to take up jobs like gatemen, bar tenders, Okada riders while some were gravitating towards crimes such as 419, armed robbery and internet fraud popularly called yahoo-yahoo.

While noting that poverty was widespread and not easing, he said that the failure of the Nigeria Police and other law enforcement agencies to curb surging crimes, weak or corrupt judiciary could lead to revolution.

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