Former Chairman of the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has said that thieves worse than convicted former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, are walking free in Nigeria today and they are known.
“There are worse people than James Ibori in Nigeria. Probably, he was not the smartest one among them, but there are some crooks worse than James and I still see them. Some of them are even being celebrated right now in our country.”
Ribadu said in a recent interview with Zero Tolerance, a magazine published by the EFCC.
Ibori who is serving a 13-year jail sentence in the UK after a Southwark Crown Court 9 in London, on April 17, 2012, found him guilty of stealing and laundering billions of naira of Delta state money, is still causing a lot of buzz in the Nigeria political landscape.
The crook former governor, who led Delta state between 1999 and 2007, was investigated by the EFCC led by Ribadu and the unceremonious exit of Ribadu from the post was largely blamed on the Ibori case as the former governor was a major backer of the then President, Umaru Yar’adua.
The case soon went cold after Ribadu’s removal, amid allegations that Ibori was shielded by the government with the support of the EFCC under Farida Waziri.
The Ibori case stirred further controversy after Chief Olusegun Obasanjo told the same EFCC magazine that Waziri was appointed on Ibori’s recommendation.
Ribadu is widely regarded as the best man yet to have headed the anti-graft agency in Nigeria.
The crook former governor, who led Delta state between 1999 and 2007, was investigated by the EFCC led by Ribadu and the unceremonious exit of Ribadu from the post was largely blamed on the Ibori case as the former governor was a major backer of the then President, Umaru Yar’adua.
The case soon went cold after Ribadu’s removal, amid allegations that Ibori was shielded by the government with the support of the EFCC under Farida Waziri.
The Ibori case stirred further controversy after Chief Olusegun Obasanjo told the same EFCC magazine that Waziri was appointed on Ibori’s recommendation.
Ribadu is widely regarded as the best man yet to have headed the anti-graft agency in Nigeria.
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