Nuhu Ribadu Blasts Farida Waziri [See Tweets]

Former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu has took to twitter the recent accusations between Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Farida Waziri... See his tweets below

Respect Your Age Or Else I Will Open Up On You - Farida Waziri Replies Obasanjo

Recently, For President Olusegun Obasanjo Said Farida Waziri In EFCC was a mistake but Mrs Waziri didnt find it funny and has replied Obasanjo with this; “I will like to warn that those who live in glass house don’t throw stones and as such Obasanjo should not allow me open up on him. Respectable elder statesmen act and speak with decorum.” She also accused him of manipulating the EFCC under Nuhu Ribadu to hunt political opponents in Mr. Obasanjo’s effort to secure a third term in office.

She also expressed surprise that a man who has been twice a Nigerian  leader would “descend so low to peddle falsehood,” Waziri warned Obasanjo to respect his age or else she would  “open up on him.” 

Farida Waziri In EFCC Was A Terrible Mistake - Obansanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the era of Madam Farida Waziri, former Chairman of the EFCC, as the worst thing to happen to the anti-corruption campaign in Nigeria.

“I know that the woman they brought in to replace Ribadu (Farida Waziri) was not the right person for that job, because I understood that one of those who head-hunted her was James Ibori. 

“If James Ibori, who is now in a U.K. prison for fraud, head-hunt somebody who will fight corruption in Nigeria, then you can understand what happened.”

Obasanjo said this in an exclusive interview he granted Zero Tolerance, a magazine produced by the EFCC.

The former president, whose administration established Nigeria’s two main anti-corruption agencies, EFCC and ICPC, said he is aware that former Delta State Governor and convicted money launderer, James Ibori, played a major role in Mrs. Waziri’s appointment.

That explains why no one could successfully prosecute Ibori in Nigeria.

It would be recalled that even the international community was so suspicious of Farida Waziri that an Amircan Ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Sanders, threatened to walk out of a meeting with Nigeria’s then Foreign Affairs Minister, Ojo Madueke, if Mrs. Waziri was part of the meeting.


Obasanjo also commended Mr. Ribadu, saying his performance as EFCC boss helped reduce corruption in Nigeria and improve her rating by Transparency International.

“When I was there, the EFCC and ICPC worked tirelessly and we moved this country from the corruption perception index being number 2 from the lowest to being number 45 from the lowest,” he said.

He condemned the manner Mr. Ribadu was removed from office saying he cautioned late President Umaru Yar’Adua against the removal.