Ribadu calls for Justice Minister’s sack

Thursday, 24 February 2011 00:00 Abbas Jimoh   



Malam Nuhu Ribadu


Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Malam Nuhu Ribadu has called for the removal of the Attorney-General and Chief Justice of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, for becoming an obstacle to the fight against corruption. Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), made the call in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja through his director of media and communications, Alhaji Ibrahim Modibbo.


He said President Goodluck Jonathan cannot be going around in his campaign, promising to fight corruption when his principal justice officer continually acts at variance to the will of good governance.

He cited a petition by 10 civil society groups, who said “Adoke has flagrantly violated sections 15(5) and 174 (3) of the 1999 Constitution when he set out to withdraw several cases on economic crimes against the public interest,” to back his claims.

He said “If no immediate action is taken to address this issue of damaging consequence, we will be left with no alternative than to conclude that Jonathan’s campaigns against corruption are empty rhetoric that begin and end on the pages of the newspapers.”

one mopol:

If not for all these "shouts" from Ribadu , I would have long forgotten that he still in the race.

He seems to be reading the same books Atiku read before the PDP primaries. Not a really smart move. Let him focus on his programmes and not this outdated "shouting" style.