Some Presidential Aspirants should be in jail If EFCC, ICPC did their Job – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that some Presidential Aspirants should have been in jail if the economic and financial crimes commission EFCC did it’s job adequately.

Obasanjo said this at an international symposium in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, to commemorate his 85th birthday on Saturday.

‘Africa Narrative with Nigeria Situation’ was the theme of the event. The Former President noted that any person who has no integrity in small things cannot have integrity in big things

Obasanjo said, “Since 1999, we have changed from one political party or another we have manoeuvred and manipulated to the point that election results are no longer reflections of the will of the people and we seemed to be progressively going back rather than going forward politically, economically and socially.

“We have activities without requite actions and personnel to move us forward. If we continue in the same pattern of recycling, sweet-word campaigning, manoeuvring without the substance of integrity, honesty, patriotism, commitment, outreach, courage, understanding of what makes a nation and what make for development, we will soon have to say goodbye to Nigeria as a nation.

“I cast a cursory look at some of the people running around and those for whom people are running around. If EFCC and ICPC will have done their jobs properly and supported adequately by the judiciary, most of them would be in jail. Any person who has no integrity in small things cannot have integrity in big things.