Nigeria: Ribadu Report and Opposition Parties

13 November 2012

Bamidele Salam frowns on the role of some opposition parties in the controversies that dogged the submission of the Ribadu committee report

Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, the enigmatic retired police officer who later became chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during the days of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is not new to controversy. Right from his appointment into the anti-graft body, his tenure and exit as well as his foray into the murky waters of Nigerian politics, Ribadu has tasted from the sublime to the most vicious criticism of the vocal critical public. Despite significant successes recorded in his fight against corruption, the police-activist was at various times dubbed an agent of the Obasanjo presidency whose actions or inactions were dictated by the whims and caprices of the former president.

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