When EFCC was actually EFCC, they work and we see evidence. But today, many are above the law:
President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the pioneer Chairman of the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, investigated him and his late wife, Stella, even when he was in charge as Nigeria’s president. Obasanjo, whose government created the anti-graft agency, also said the manner Ribadu carried out the war against corruption created a lot of enemies for him (Obasanjo).
He stated that rather than being afraid of the enemies Ribadu created for him, “it is rather them that fear me.” Obasanjo, who acknowledged that the fight against corruption “comes with enemies”.
Obasanjo disclosed that Ribadu almost lost his life when he was poisoned in the course of his duty. He described the incident as a serious case that was “a matter of life and death.” He told the gathering how a serving minister in his administration, who was his senior in secondary school, was found wanting by the EFCC and “there was no issue of senior again.”
Obasanjo made the claims after the former EFCC chairman presented a paper titled, “Illicit Financial Flow and Governance of Natural Resources,” at the 3rd Tana High Level Forum on Security in Africa in Badir Dar, Ethiopia at the weekend.
Obasanjo, who is the chairman of the Tana Forum, agreed with Ribadu’s submission that a willing political leadership was the epicentre of any anti-corruption campaign.
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