Obasanjo Describes EFCC As A Toothless Bulldog

The Formal Head of State President Olusegun Obasanjo, as he celebrates his 79th birthday on Saturday. Dealing with past events at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, he concluded that the anti-graft agency had become a toothless bulldog after the exit of the pioneer chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.

The event that was held at  International Conference Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta.

The formal President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the formal EFCC boss handled his job so well, and people coined the saying that the fear of Ribadu was the beginning of wisdom. At the same time he expressed his disappointment at the anti-graft agency, describing it as a toothless bulldog.

 In his own words: He said, as he looked at the direction of Ribadu, who was present at the event:

“As all know when Nuhu Ribadu was handling the EFCC, he handled it in such a way that people coined the saying that the fear of Ribadu is the beginning of wisdom.

“And the the thing you will ask is, how did we go down? How did we lose that, how did we, Nuhu Ribadu is still here, he is still alive, the institution that we started together is still there, what made the institution to become a toothless bull dog?”

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