Posts Tagged ‘EFCC

Below is a column Reuben Abati wrote in the Nigerian Guardian about his recent discussions with Nuhu Ribadu  (the former EFCC Chairman who was shamefully ousted) while in Rwanda recently. I decided to post the whole article so as not the dilute the content:

Honestly, I think this is a shame. Why else would the authorities ask him to go on a year-long study leave if it isnt because they are protecting some people and are afraid that he is stepping on toes to get the job done. Can the government still claim that they want to fight corruption [...]

James Ibori Arrested

In: News

13 Dec 2007

James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State was arrested yesterday and will be arraigned on 103 counts of corruption.

There has been this back and forth accusations and counter-accusations between the EFCC and the Attorney General for a while now.
EFCC were set to charge former Abia State Governor, Kalu for corruption. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) tried to takeover the case from the EFCC and the EFCC pointedly refused to hand over the case [...]

After some lull, EFCC is now back – It has secured an order to seize the Kalu’s properties and they are now ready to resume case against new Abia State governor, Theodore Orji. Nnamani flown to Lagos for trial.And in another interesting article in NY Times, Nigerians were the most optimistic of all African countries [...]


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