The incumbent chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has revealed that contrary to claims
by Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, former president, Olusegun Obasanjo begged him to
go softly on the governor in the period when the commission laid siege on him,
according to The Vanguard.
Ribadu made the disclosure Friday night in Lagos when former
associates of the former President converged to celebrate him on the
occasion of his 80th birthday.
The associates who converged as “Learners of the Olusegun
Obasanjo School of Nigerian Politics” included former office holders in the
Obasanjo administration and some of the country’s leading names in the economy
and Nollywood.
The former anti-graft czar also swore that Obasanjo was not
privy to the arrest of Globalcom chairman, Chief Mike Adenuga.
Speaking at the occasion, Obasanjo said Ribadu probed him
shortly after he was appointed.
He said the EFCC unearthed a foreign account long used
by his late wife, Stella Obasanjo.
Obasanjo said the account which was opened by the late
Stella in her maiden name before they got married was the nearest to what the
former EFCC chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu could find against him.
Obasanjo also disclosed how he gave former Police boss Tafa
Balogun a 30-minute ultimatum to resign or be dismissed.
Among those present were Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former
Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olangusoye Oyinola, former governor of Osun
State, Otunba Oyewole Fasawe, Dr. (Mrs.) Dere Awosika, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Mr.
Akin Osuntokun, Mallam Ahmed Yayale, Mallam Uba Sani, Dr. Doyin Okupe. Also
present were Mr. Tonye Cole, Mr. Aigboje Aik-Imoukhuede, AIG Ogunsakin, Senator
Kola Bajumo, Mallam Yayale Ahmed among others.
By Dolapo Adelana
