He spoke on Monday, May 15, during the launch of Senator Dino Melaye’s book in Abuja.

“I am convinced that why our fight against corruption has not yielded much success is that we have favoured punishment over deterrence‎,” he said according to The Cable.

“We must review our approaches by building our institutions to make it difficult for people to carry out corrupt practices. It is my view that the key area of prevention, we must work on, is to make it difficult for stolen money to find a home.

“We must fight corruption with sincerity, and not fight symptoms… unlike the five-minute sensationalism we have now. It must not be based on individuals but on institutions. Let us fight corruption with sincerity. If we fight corruption in a corrupt way, we will not make any headway," he added.

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The event was also attended by former first lady, Patience Jonathan and House of Representatives speaker, Yakubu Dogara.