USA Africa Dialogue Series - The List of Corrupt Governors Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Agency Chair(Nuhu Ribadu) Presented To Senate In 2006

(Courtesy: Aminu Muhammad Ofs On Facebook)

In September 2006, then EFCC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu appeared before the Senate on a report the agency had just released then. He clearly mentioned five Governors as the worst thieving Governors.

Those he mentioned were:

1. Orji Uzor Kalu: I remember how he said the Governor was number one not because it is number one alphabetically but, because he had one of the biggest established cases of stealing, money laundering and diversion of funds.

2. Ahmed Bola Tinubu: I remember how he specially narrated the wicked stealing patterns of the then Governor of Lagos State whom he said his own stealing had an international dimension to it. He berated Tinubu then for being a big thief. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was his Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General then and I can't remember if they sued EFCC or Ribadu for those expressions/exposures beside the press statement of not being surprised by Mr. Dele Alake, Tinubu's then Commissioner for Information and Strategy.

3. Ahmed Sani Yerima: I remember clearly how he also stated that then Governor of Zamfara State was one of the worst cases because in Ribadu's words, the man was fingered as being involved in direct stealing of state funds. He summarized the Governor's stealing as a tragedy.

4. George Akume: He said Akume was not just a thief but a heartless one who even physically beat up the commission's operatives in the office of the state Commissioner of Police while he tried to recover some incriminating files against him from the operatives.

5. Abdullahi Adamu: Ribadu told the Senators that a case had been established against the Governor whom he said had personalized both the state treasury and the accounts of Local Governments. He said the accusations against the Governor were massive.

Ironically, all the five plus Nuhu Ribadu are very active and influential members of the APC which now derive pleasure in calling any other person outside the party a thief.

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a "Life Time Achievement" Awardee, Registered Freight Forwarder, Professional Fellow Of Institute Of Information Managerment, Africa, Poet and Publisher of PublicInformationProjects

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