The lawmaker representing Kwara South Senatorial District,  Senator Simeon Ajibola, has urged politicians to stop campaign of calumny so as to advance the nation's democracy.

Also, a judge of  Sharia Court of Appeal in Ilorin, Justice Salihu Mohammed, has identified greed and embezzlement by some politicians as the cause of poverty and lack of development in the country.

Ajibola spoke in Isapa, Ekiti Local Government on Sunday while disbursing of N1.25m to some beneficiaries in the senatorial district.

Mohammed said poverty affecting many Nigerians was man-made.

He spoke in Ilorin on Sunday at the 2013 Ramadan lecture organised by Ridwanullahi Islamic Society of Nigeria.

He said some politicians had impoverished the masses by diverted the nation's resources for personal use.

He appealed to leaders in the country to shun corruption and illicit accumulation of wealth.