Regardless of my deep respect for Obasanjo, I am %99 sure he used Ribadu to work against those hardheaded politicians that was or gonna stand his way.

So screw Ribadu, he is not clean himself.

Asked what date the formal investigation into Ibori began, Ribadu replied: “It’s a date I can’t remember.”

Really?

Wass: I want to ask you in particular, April 25, 2007, can you help us with what happened?

Ribadu: At the time, James Ibori asked me to take money from him to stop the investigation.

But you are able remember this date? Programmed trial.

Is this a country or a playing ground?

What an absolute mess..

lonelydora: Ibori is the only governor that re-invest his stolen money in Nigeria. Others prefer to go abroad and invest it.

There4 should we celebrate a thief?

Joseph Cudjoe:
There4 should we celebrate a thief?

Oh well, y'all have been doing it for years even as we speak so no biggie

kufre2010: And we still have many people worst than Ibori being celebrated by Nigerians e.g IBB, ATIKU, ABDULSALAM ABUBAKAR, LUCKY IBEDNEDIOG, PETER ODILI ETC.

'Lucky Igbinedion'

maxi-t:
Seriously, why is LUCKY NOSAKHARE IGBINEDION not in jail ?
This Ribadu guy is sick. Cos if he is genuine as he claims to be, Lucky the son of Igbinedion should be in Jail.

b'cos he is LUCKY

Imagine what that 15million dollars would have done for Delta state?

Hello Fellow Nigerians, The oppressed Nigerians! Recently Gov Lamido of Jigawa State belief nothing will change in Nigeria. The premises is that the oppressor who constitute the ruling class will not allow for any change! Those oppressed who yearning for change have no mobilizer hence no meeting point for all oppressed to make a change!
My own premise is that if Nuhu Ribadu can be in the same party with Tinubu then Nigeria is finished.
Only God can redeem us!

Oboy Ribadu dey sick ne? 15m dollars equal to N2.4b if na u, u no go collect?

Sorry! Those whom believed money is everything eventually ends their career this way. Imaging all mighty Ibori today is been ridiculed.

lonelydora: Ibori is the only governor that re-invest his stolen money in Nigeria. Others prefer to go abroad and invest it.

who cares where he invested in? Blood money

REALITY101:


Really?



But you are able remember this date? Programmed trial.

its believable dt he couldn't remember d first date. Opening a file for a case may be a mundane task.......but when you get bribed wit over a billion naira, dts more interesting and jarring enough to b remembered...

lonelydora: Ibori is the only governor that re-invest his stolen money in Nigeria. Others prefer to go abroad and invest it.

.save me those sermon,what did ibori invested wt his money in delta state apart from building a private univ at oghara,his home town,or do U̶̲̥̅̊ want me to remind U̶̲̥̅̊ he had a refinery in SA etc,Ibori is an assassinator,he was even incharge of most killings abacha did...he better rot in dat hole and shud he cum back to delta state.we disown him,very soon his imposed governor on deltans will gets his ass ready to go rot in jail too...

Anyone seen the EFCC boss Lamorde recently ??

maxi-t:
Seriously, why is LUCKY NOSAKHARE IGBINEDION not in jail ?
This Ribadu guy is sick. Cos if he is genuine as he claims to be, Lucky the son of Igbinedion should be in Jail.

Well it's not too late...ask GEJ to pull his fingers out

kufre2010: And we still have many people worst than Ibori being celebrated by Nigerians e.g IBB, ATIKU, ABDULSALAM ABUBAKAR, LUCKY IBEDNEDIOG, PETER ODILI ETC.

Why should the name of goodluck ebele jonathan be missing from this honours list ?

Bright2: Sorry! Those whom believed money is everything eventually ends their career this way. Imaging all mighty Ibori today is been ridiculed.

who made him almighty,is he God,U̶̲̥̅̊ ppl shud stop using language meant for God alone to qualify thieves

orunmila76: Nice write up.

Lol...na wa oo...d thn b like poem to u? SMH..

Ayo_hbk:
what is dis one saying......so d profit of the re-invested funds will go to delta state govt coffers abi....,#SMH

dnt mind the fool, he is one of those idiots celebrating the thieves birthday, maybe he didnt hear that ibori has a refinery in south africa. also one of the biggest shopping mall[all glass] in south africa also. he has a palace in united kingdom. i just sorry for my people

kufre2010: And we still have many people worst than Ibori being celebrated by Nigerians e.g IBB, ATIKU, ABDULSALAM ABUBAKAR, LUCKY IBEDNEDIOG, PETER ODILI ETC.

You skipped GEJ.

mikeoh: is it the same senator andy uba that is contesting in anambra thats being mention here or who? whose house is being use to negociate bribe

good question. bunch of rogues recycling themselves in govt

spacechuks: who made him almighty,is he God,U̶̲̥̅̊ ppl shud stop using language meant for God alone to qualify thieves

relax dude.......don't you knw what sarcasm is?

maxi-t:
Seriously, why is LUCKY NOSAKHARE IGBINEDION not in jail ?
This Ribadu guy is sick. Cos if he is genuine as he claims to be, Lucky the son of Igbinedion should be in Jail.

Igbinedion was arrested and charged by the EFCC -.Later when Ribadu was no longer at the EFCC-the goverment struck a plea bargain with Igbinedion and he was given 1 year in jail plus a refund of about N300 million or so.- and that was counted as time served.

abagoro:

You skipped GEJ.

Ibori offered Nuhu Ribadu 2.4B at a time when GEJ total bank deposits is less than 300M

www.nairaland.com/71305/details-goodluck-jonathans-assets

The Vice president’s investment in stocks
which is being managed by City Code
Investment Company is as follows.
S/No Name of Stock Number Of Shares
Value As At 5/25/07
1 CADBURY PLC 8,666 N264,313
2 FLOUR MILLS PLC 8,466 N635,119.32
3 GUINESS NIG. PLC 6,395 N796,177.50
4 UNILEVER 18,750 N337,500
5 UNION BANK OF NIG. PLC 23,466
N727,446
6 FIDELITY BANK PLC 33,333 N296,663.70
7 UBA PLC 180,000 N6,838,200
8 ACCESS BANK PLC 84,656 N1,635,553.92
9 CADBURY PLC 2,500 N76,250
10 UNION BANK PLC 716,109 N22,199,379
11 FIRST BANK PLC 20,000 N808,000
12 FLOUR MILLS PLC 13,333 N1,000,241.66
13 NIGERIAN BREWERIES PLC 10,000
N363,000
14 BANK PHB PLC 866,666 N24,959,980.80
15 OANDO 15,125 N1,134,375
TOTAL 2,007,465 N62,072,200
Other investments include 4nos passenger boats
for hiring which is valued at N5, 260,000. While
the total cash in Nigerian banks being personal
saving of salaries/allowances and income from
his investments stands at N58, 984,123.
The vice president house holds utensils including
generators, a BMW car valued at N15, 800,000,
which he said was a gift; air conditioners,
furniture, electronics and kitchen utensils is
valued at N41,800,000.

lonelydora: Ibori is the only governor that re-invest his stolen money in Nigeria. Others prefer to go abroad and invest it.

Ok, so you expect us to thank him?

Ribadu is just another lier like the rest of them.

Ibori gave you 15million usd for you to give him clearance letters. How much did the other 35 govs give to get their clearance letters. We know most of the govs looted so how come they got clearance letters.

Ribadu was not fighting corruption, he was simply an attack dog for obj.

In Ribadu's recent interview he claim worse thieves than Ibori are walking free and being celebrated. So why concentrate all effort on smaller thieves leaving the bigger thieves to have a field day.

Claiming Ibori stole or wasted half of delta state revenue is plain lie, how did so much infrastructure got to be built by Ibori in delta state if 1/2 of the revenue were wasted as Ribadu claim. That is a classic case of giving a dog a bad name to hang it.

Asked why he started investigating Ibori, Ribadu claim to be acting on petitions from ordinary deltans, thats another lie, Obj put him to it, simple.
In the ribadu recent interview, he said Ibori case became different because of the publicity attached to the case, the question is, who attracted more publicity to the case? is it the ordinary deltan who he claimed pertitioned ibori? No, it was Obj and his sw media crew, that was what made the difference. Obj wanted Ibori punished for forcing him to respect the constitution as regarding the 13% derivation and Ribadu was willing tool to be used.

I dont want to be seen to be holding brief for any politician since most of them are plain demons, but the Nigerian professionals are not doing better either, as a professional policeman, Ribadu should have brought changes to the system that will prevent politicians from looting instead of being an attack dog for any politician. That is the expectation of the average Nigerian.
Allowing people to loot for 8 yrs with the hope of catching them when they leave office is plain stupid.

What is expected from anti corruption agency is amendment of the laws to make it impossible to steal, and quick punishment for those who stole. If Ribadu claimed to have fought corruption, what was the result? Corruption is still as rampant today as ever. On that account, he is a failure.

When the right man comes, he will ensure that ministers, commisioners and members of the civil service who have no immunity but allow their ministries to be used as conduit for siphoning public funds by the immunity wielding politicians will be brought to book.

That efcc will not be a tool for fighting political enemies but for fighting corruption.

mikeoh: is it the same senator andy uba that is contesting in anambra thats being mention here or who? whose house is being use to negociate bribe

abeg my brother help me tell the poeple of anambra make them shine their eye

ogb5: Ribadu is just another lier like the rest of them.

Ibori gave you 15million usd for you to give him clearance letters. How much did the other 35 govs give to get their clearance letters. We know most of the govs looted so how come they got clearance letters.

Ribadu was not fighting corruption, he was simply an attack dog for obj.

In Ribadu's recent interview he claim worse thieves than Ibori are walking free and being celebrated. So why concentrate all effort on smaller thieves leaving the bigger thieves to have a field day.

Claiming Ibori stole or wasted half of delta state revenue is plain lie, how did so much infrastructure got to be built by Ibori in delta state if 1/2 of the revenue were wasted as Ribadu claim. That is a classic case of giving a dog a bad name to hang it.



Asked why he started investigating Ibori, Ribadu claim to be acting on petitions from ordinary deltans, thats another lie, Obj put him to it, simple.
In the ribadu recent interview, he said Ibori case became different because of the publicity attached to the case, the question is, who attracted more publicity to the case? is it the ordinary deltan who he claimed pertitioned ibori? No, it was Obj and his sw media crew, that was what made the difference. Obj wanted Ibori punished for forcing him to respect the constitution as regarding the 13% derivation and Ribadu was willing tool to be used.

I dont want to be seen to be holding brief for any politician since most of them are plain demons, but the Nigerian professionals are not doing better either, as a professional policeman, Ribadu should have brought changes to the system that will prevent politicians from looting instead of being an attack dog for any politician. That is the expectation of the average Nigerian.
Allowing people to loot for 8 yrs with the hope of catching them when they leave office is plain stupid.

What is expected from anti corruption agency is amendment of the laws to make it impossible to steal, and quick punishment for those who stole. If Ribadu claimed to have fought corruption, what was the result? Corruption is still as rampant today as ever. On that account, he is a failure.

When the right man comes, he will ensure that ministers, commisioners and members of the civil service who have no immunity but allow their ministries to be used as conduit for siphoning public funds by the immunity wielding politicians will be brought to book.

That efcc will not be a tool for fighting political enemies but for fighting corruption.

What is the one saying? you are defending some one who has confessed that he stole. you people keep saying Ribadu was OBJ attack dog. This is most senseless. the people you claim he attacked are they corrupt or not? if 36 Governors are corrupts, he can not get all 36 at a time. If Ribadu was give more time, or people would have been convicted. He was the one that sent Ibori to prison first in Nigeria, Kalu of Abia state, etc. This Ribadu is the only person that fought corruption and exposed the height of corruption in this country. The others Efcc guys after Ribadu, has not be able to arrest or jail any past politician/Gov. I guess the right man you mean will have to stop Govt, because am sure 90% of politicians are corrupt as corruption is the way of politics in Nigeria. No body can do all, he did well as Efcc chairman, pls give him that credit.

kufre2010: And we still have many people worst than Ibori being celebrated by Nigerians e.g IBB, ATIKU, ABDULSALAM ABUBAKAR, LUCKY IBEDNEDIOG, PETER ODILI ETC.

u 4got 2 include, DAVID MARK,UDUAGHA,SUSWAN,ALMAKURA OF NASARAWA STATE,SAMBO,JONAH JANG,FARIDA WAZIRI,LABARAN MAKU,DIEZIANI ALIASON(DIA MAMA) & BABA,419,LIAR OF ALL TIME,AND DRUNK badluck ebele azikiwe Jonathan. A.k.a. Mr committee former. Buahahahah.

That's why it is practically impossible to clean up this country's finances. Yet another tango between corrupt government and so-called blue-chip organised private sector run by supposedly squeaky clean, white-collared stiff upper-lipped visionaires who will spare no one their postulations on governments ineptitude, the lack of basic infrastructure, tra la la. Then they jump into the cesspit to waddle in pleasure.

See how they 'launder' our image before foreigners and wantonly expose the inner workings of our country before people who should not be concerned.

I just wonder what level of shame will cause us to reconsider our ways. But alas what do pigs care about mud, afterall they can't fly.

Od31:

What is the one saying? you are defending some one who has confessed that he stole. you people keep saying Ribadu was OBJ attack dog. This is most senseless. the people you claim he attacked are they corrupt or not? if 36 Governors are corrupts, he can not get all 36 at a time. If Ribadu was give more time, or people would have been convicted. He was the one that sent Ibori to prison first in Nigeria, Kalu of Abia state, etc. This Ribadu is the only person that fought corruption and exposed the height of corruption in this country. The others Efcc guys after Ribadu, has not be able to arrest or jail any past politician/Gov. I guess the right man you mean will have to stop Govt, because am sure 90% of politicians are corrupt as corruption is the way of politics in Nigeria. No body can do all, he did well as Efcc chairman, pls give him that credit.

first ibori was convicted for money laundering not stealing, there is a difference.

Secondly, fighting corruption goes beyond trying to put people in jail at the end of their tenure. That does just work because by then the harm had already been done.

The people Ribadu went after were simply those obj had issues with, alams, ibori, kalu. That is not the way to fight corruption. If an efcc chief choose to fight those who have issues with the president, the corrupt politicians quickly learn their lessons, continue their corruption but befriend the president.

Today someone like uduaghan who has performed worse than ibori has little to fear from efcc because he is in tune with Jonathan. That is the lesson efcc taught him from the ibori saga. Continue stealing but be on the president`s camp.

What Ribadu should have done to be effective was to have pushed through legislature that would have ensured that those who are mandated within the system check the executives were forced to perform their roles. And were punished when they failed to provide the necessary checks and balances.

The result is that today the houses of assembly still act as rubber stamp for the govs, approving anything sent to them by the governors.

The heads of civil service still allow contracts that did not pass through due processes to be awarded by the executives and used to syphon money