Former president Olusegun
Onbasanjo yesterday said the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua dismantled
structures he had put in place to check and curtail corruption.
He stated that the removal of
pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Nuhu
Ribadu, was the beginning of Yar’Adua’s mistake.
He noted that Yar’Adua had
allowed former Delta State governor, James Ibori, to push for the replacement
of Ribadu, who he alleged “was poisoned but eventually survived”.
Obasanjo said these in a chat
with Thisday.
He, however, expressed regretted
the amount of money required in politics nowadays.
“Politics in Nigeria has been
dominated by people that have stolen money, that have godfathers or even drug
barons, the type we have now at the National Assembly.
“So youths should pool resources
to become politically active in order to replace the present crop of leaders
and provide better alternatives.
“There must be far reaching
reforms to ensure we remove the old order and introduce the new order because
Africa is viewed by the Western world as a liability.
“For the eight years I was in
power, I tried to reach out to other world leaders using my shuttle diplomacy
which attracted positive actions. I campaigned for debt relief which we got and
Africa was no longer treated with disdain,” he recalled.
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