Nuhu Ribadu

Nuhu Ribadu
Nuhu Ribadu
Head of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
In office
2003 – 2007
Preceded by None
Succeeded by Mrs Farida Mzamber Waziri
Personal details
Born November 21, 1960 (1960-11-21) (age 50)
Yola, Adamawa State.
Nationality Nigerian
Alma mater Ahmadu Bello University
Occupation Police Officer, Lawyer
Religion Islam
Website ribadu2011.com

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (born November 21, 1960) is a former Nigerian government anti-corruption official. He was the pioneer Executive Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the government commission tasked with countering corruption and fraud. In April 2009, he became a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development. He lived in exile until 2010 when he returned to Nigeria and declared his intention to run for President of Nigeria under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). On Friday, 14th January, 2011, Nuhu Ribadu was adopted as the Presidential Candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

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Education

Ribadu studied law at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State from 1980 until 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree. Following a year at the Nigerian Law School, he was called to Bar in 1984. He also earned a Master of Laws degree from the same university. He is a TED Fellow and currently a Senior Fellow in St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK.

Corruption and the EFCC

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed him to the chairmanship of the EFCC in 2003 and reappointed him in 2007, as well as promoting him to the position of Assistant Inspector General of Police.[1] Th promotion on April 9, 2007, three weeks before newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua was sworn-in, was later challenged on the basis that it was "illegal, unconstitutional, null and void, and of no legal effect."[2] In December 2007 Mike Okiro, Inspector-General of Police, stated that Ribadu would be removed as EFCC chairman for a one-year training course.[3]

Career in law enforcement

On October 20, 2006, Nuhu Ribadu told the BBC that over 380 billion dollars had been stolen or wasted by Nigerian governments since independence in 1960.[4] Under Ribadu's administration, the EFCC charged prominent bankers, former as well as serving State governors, ministers, Senate presidents, high-ranking political party members, commissioners of Police, and advance fee fraud ("419") gang operators.[5] The EFCC issued thousands of indictments and achieved about 270 convictions. One notable case was that of his boss, the then Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police Force, Mr Tafa Balogun, who was convicted, jailed and made to return £150 million under a plea bargain.[6]

Ribadu’s achievements in the EFCC included the de-listing of Nigeria from the FATF List of Non-Cooperative Countries & Territories, admission into the prestigious Egmont Group and the withdrawal of the US Treasury FINCEN Advisory on Nigeria. They helped make the EFCC the foremost Anti-Corruption Enforcement Agency on the continent, cementing Ribadu's reputation in the world as a respected anti-corruption crusader.

Nuhu Ribadu's evidence helped prosecute foreign businesses who offered bribes while doing business in Nigeria.[citation needed] Ribadu has however been accused of double standard and insincerity in his war against corruption. Many observed that Ribadu went after perceived enemies of his boss, Obasanjo, while shielding the friends of the former president.[7] He has also been accused of corruption himself in that he failed to declare his assets for which he is undergoing prosecution at the code of conduct tribunal. Though his self imposed exile has stalled the prosecution at the code of conduct tribunal, the government of President Goodluck Jonathan has signified intention to withdraw the case against him. Ribadu was also said to have bought federal government property for his in-law.[8] Notable among his critics is radical Lagos lawyer, Fetus Keyamo who has described the withdrawal of charges against Ribadu as totally wrong, very insensitive, entirely unwise and ill-advised .[9][10] So far, none of the accusations of corruption have been substantiated. Several newspapers that have led in the criticism of Ribadu are owned by individuals who were accused of corruption charges.[citation needed]

Bribery and persecution

During the course of his duty Mr Ribadu was offered bribes to pervert the course of justice, amongst these was a State governor who offered Mr Ribadu of $15 million and a house abroad.[11] Interviewed from Washington D.C. on the BBC's Hardtalk programme, Ribadu said that he took the money and used the bribe as evidence to prosecute the state governor.[12] This claim has however been refuted by the ex-governor who noted that the fact the Ribadu put the money in the CBN is not a proof that he gave the money.[13] Mr Ribadu escaped two assassination attempts in Nigeria before he left the country for the United Kingdom in early 2009.[citation needed]

In December 2007, Inspector-General of Police Mike Okiro ordered that Ribadu be temporarily removed from the position of EFCC chairman and ordered him to attend the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Jos, Plateau State for a mandatory one-year course.[3] The decision was criticized by, among others, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, House of Representatives members, and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) national chairman Edwin Ume-Ezeoke as politically motivated and/or likely to set back the fight against corruption.[14] On December 22, 2008, as widely predicted, he was dismissed from the Nigerian Police force by the Nigerian Police Service Commission (PSC). He left Nigeria and in April assumed a fellowship at the Center for Global Development.[15] He has since returned to join the ACN as a Presidential aspirant in the 2011 general elections.

International Awards

On April 15, 2008, Nuhu Ribadu received the World Bank's 2008 Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service, for having led a courageous anti-corruption drive in Nigeria, as Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).[16]

On August 4, 2008, the Police Service Commission in Nigeria announced the demotion of Mr. Ribadu from Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) to Deputy Commissioner of Police. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had promoted Ribadu to AIG weeks before the end of his tenure in office in 2007.[17]

On November 22, 2008, his graduation from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Plateau State was aborted at the last minute. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who was initially seated in the hall along with other graduands, was ordered out of the hall allegedly on orders from top administration officials.[citation needed] There were condemnations from all over the world for his treatment.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Nigeria anti-graft tsar promoted". BBC News (BBC). 2007-04-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6544631.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  2. ^ "Only VP can withdraw Ribadu from NIPSS - PSC chairman". Nigerian Observer. 15 August 2008. http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/archives/15082008/15082008/news/news2.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  3. ^ a b Omonobi, Kingsley; Emmanuel Ulayi (2007-12-27). "EFCC: Okiro confirms Ribadu's exit". Vanguard Online (Vanguard Media). http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3759&Itemid=41. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  4. ^ "Nigerian leaders 'stole' $380bn". BBC (BBC News). 2006-10-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6069230.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  5. ^ "Malam Nuhu Ribadu: The crime burster". Vanguard Online (Vanguard Media). 2006-01-01. http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/viewpoints/vp101012006.html. 
  6. ^ "Uncertainty over Tafa Balogun’s loot". The News Planetario. May 24, 2009. http://www.newsplanetario.com/?p=173. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 
  7. ^ http://www.saharareporters.com/interviews/interview-activism/533-why-i-dont-pity-ribadu-festus-keyamo.html
  8. ^ http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-237769.0.html
  9. ^ http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=11858
  10. ^ http://www.saharareporters.com/letters/your-letters/5683-keyamo-slams-withdrawal-of-charges-against-nuhu-ribadu.html
  11. ^ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june09/nigeria_04-24.html
  12. ^ Hardtalk,(BBC), 04-05-2010 http://amirgabriel.com/programmes/b00scbpf
  13. ^ http://www.huhuonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=483:james-ibori-to-nuhu-ribadu-you-are-pitiable-fugitive-from-justice&catid=103:more-news&Itemid=333
  14. ^ Gabriel, Chioma; Emmanuel Aziken and Leon Usigbe (2007-12-29). "Soyinka, Reps, others condemn Ribadu’s removal". Vanguard Online (Vanguard Media). http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3829&Itemid=0. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  15. ^ "Nuhu Ribadu" Center for Global Development, accessed 22 February 2010
  16. ^ Anna Hazare wins World Bank award
  17. ^ Police demote Nuhu Ribadu, 139 others

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