Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has taken another swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over his administration’s poor handling of the fight against corruption. Obasanjo in his latest attack accused Buhari of allowing corrupt people to be in charge of anti-corruption war. He stated this in an interview with Germany’s international broadcasting outlet, Deutsche Welle.
He lamented that the ongoing anti-corruption war has been polluted by people in his inner circle. He accused Buhari of appointing people with lack of integrity to head anti-corruption agency. According to him “I would make sure people in charge of anti-corruption institutions are people of integrity. There is no point in fighting corruption beyond you and you have corruption on your nose.”
Recall that the Department of State Services had earlier accused Magu of corruption, stressing that he would constitute liability to the anti-corruption agenda of the current administration. Under Magu, the NFIU was suspended by Egmont Group, a united body of 155 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs). The Egmont Group provides a platform for the secure exchange of expertise and financial intelligence to combat money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF).
Staffs of the Commission had also petitioned Magu over alleged administrative incompetence, poor welfare and deliberate attempt to stagnate civilian component of the commission. Speaking on the Coalition for Nigeria that was recently launched, Obasanjo said;
“It (Coalition for Nigeria) is not an old wine in a new bottle, but a new wine in a new bottle. I will not stand in the way of that movement if it decides to become a party. But in that case, I will withdraw.”
