Ribadu Lodged $15m Ibori’s Bribe With CBN – Waziri

nawao, na Naija u dey so? If they questioned people about their source of income, I can assure you, Naija would be a better place than it is now.

You people are still here trying to defend the undefendable? Let me ask more questions of Ribadu's motives for collecting the money.

The money was given one month before Ibori lost his immunity, why did he not begin prosecution immediately after May 27, 2007 and had to wait 6 months before embarking on prosecuting Ibori for corruption? Was he waiting for permission from above? Also did Ribadu at any time institute a case of Bribery against Ibori or he lumped the bribery case with the other corruption cases against Ibori.

Given Ribadu's public image of anti-corruption czar, what gave Ibori the liver to attempt to bribe Ribadu? Since the transaction took place in Andy  Uba's house and with his knowledge, was OBJ aware of the transaction? Since Uba was about the closest confidant of OBJ.

When was the first time Ribadu disclosed the Bribery allegation, was it after he lost his job?

I do not know how people to tie Ribadu's Removal with Ibori's prosecution.  Ribadu had already taken Ibori to court before he was sent to Kuru, and once a caes is in court, it has left the control of EFCC. If Ibori's arrest was the problem, he would have been sent to Kuru way before he arrested Ibori, and the case would have been allowed to die without it being charged to court like numerous others.

I am not saying Ribadu is Financially corrupt, but i think he is ambitiously power corrupt, he wanted power at all cost and was ready to compromise, blackmail and lick OBJ's ass to achieve it. If third term had succeeded, i am sure OBJ would have promoted him to the post of the first Inspector Field Marshal, the world had ever had, giving the rate at which he was being promoted.

With respect, you have raised these points in many threads and they have been addressed but let me try again.
1. Motive. Ribadu did not ask Ibori to meet him in a hotel room as he could have done if he wanted to keep witnesses out and pocket the money. He went there with aids and immediately had the money paid into an account and obtained a receipt for it. Paying it into the CBN shows clearly that his motive was not to pocket the money before later changing his mind as many are now suggesting, since individuals are not allowed open bank accounts with the apex bank. He would have called up some crooked bank manager and cut a deal.
2. Time of arrest. Law enforcement is a task that requires stealth. You build up your case before moving. With big men you have to be extra careful. If there is one prima facie against someone and another case is in the offing, I see nothing wrong in waiting to put the two cases together to save the tax payer some expense.
3. When was the first time Ribadu disclosed the Bribery allegation, was it after he lost his job? When did he pay the money into a CBN account and obtain a teller for it? Was it after he lost his job?
4. Liver to approach Ribadu. What is this? Ever heard of a guy called Okechukwu Opene? He was an appeal court judge someone had the "liver" to approach with a bribe of a mere N12m and he accepted! With $15m in your breast pocket you would approach J Edgar Hoover! You think a guy with a record like Ibori's would hesitate to approach anyone?
5. Ribadu's promotion. I believe in due process and I think you are right to feel angst at this. But Ribadu did not promote himself. The idea that he approached Ibori to help make him IG is clearly an afterthought of Ibori in his efforts to discredit Ribadu. Nigerians know Ibori supported third term but Ribadu haters now prefer to believe Ibori's lies.
6. The issue. The issue is not a about Ribadu's sainthood because nobody ever said he was. I may have qualms with some procedures adopted, but he did his best as our anti corruption czar so the issue is how we treat our best. If Ibori is prosecuted tomorrow, people will still curse Ribadu. Someone is even questioning the language in which Waziri made her revelation!

The Nigerian political class is like that. We are talking about people who went as far as to buy houses abroad with Ribadu's name. They opened foreign bank accounts in his name and paid in money. These things being written in this thread, it makes me shudder to see how we treat our best in this country!



Amen.

Insightfull and correct but most people opposing this veiw are blind, deaf and dumb to facts choosing instead to peddle rumors and heresay

Wots your point on the real though? No one is saying Ribadu is the best or the messiah or some shit like that. What we are basically pointing out based on the bribe case is that only an honourable man would have rejected such (we are talking abt 2bn for crying out loud) in a country where anything goes.
He needs to be applauded for that dawg and the one offering the bribe castrated or stone to death cos the money being offered could have only been gained via illegitimate means.

1. Are you saying the below is sh!t? 

2. How do you know for a FACT that he rejected the bribe? Because he said so? or because he lodged the money with CBN? Is that the right place?


3. You want to know my stand? I will tell you. Waziri should do her job and make certain that the WHOLE TRUTH is known to the whole world from here in Nigeria and NOT on the VOA Hausa service in The US!

1. What was the time frame between when he collected the money and when it was lodged?
2. Was Madam Waziri sleeping all this while? Why after so many months? Let Ribadu come back home and not hide in the UK (or wherever he is) feeling like the champion for and of the people.
3. The exchange took place in Andy Uba's place. . .(complete the rest)
4. Please apply common sense, when did the CBN become a place for depositing "evidence"? Because that is what it is.

Oh dear. I fear for this country. Hero worshipping people. I rest my case.

Ibori, wife convicted of theft — UK Police
By Oscarline Onwuemenyi, Abuja
Published: Thursday, 17 Jan 2008
Fresh facts emerged on Wednesday that a former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, and his wife, Nkoyo, were convicted for theft in the United Kingdom, 18 years ago.
former governor of Delta State, James Ibori
In another instance, Ibori was also convicted for credit card fraud and for handling stolen goods.
According to court documents sent from the UK to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, Ibori had been charged for theft in the UK, alongside his then girlfriend, Miss Theresa Nkoyo Nakanda.
Ibori, who was working as a cashier at Wickes Store, in Ruslip, London, in 1990, had allowed his girlfriend to pass through his check without paying for the goods she collected.
He was said to have proceeded to dispose of the till receipts in order to cover up the theft.
Both were charged with one-count of theft under Section 1 of the Theft Act 1968, of the UK, and fined £300 British sterling and ordered to pay £450 as costs.
A signed statement by a British police officer, Mr. DC John McDonald, who arrested Nkoyo Ibori in 2007, on suspicion of being involved in money laundering, stated that the EFCC had requested the documents concerning two previous convictions held on record in the UK, for prosecuting their case against Ibori.
Mcdonald stated, “On November 1, 2007 at 2050 hours, I arrested Mrs. Theresa Nkoyo Ibori at the Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being concerned in money laundering. She was later conveyed to the Police Station at Heathrow Airport.
“During the procedure of booking in Mrs. Ibori at the police station, it is routine to obtain copy of her fingerprints, these fingerprints are obtained on the computer-based National Automated Fingerprints Identification System.”
McDonald noted that should the fingerprints obtained match with any already held on police national fingerprint database, then a report would be produced in due course.
“As a result of Mrs. Ibori’s fingerprints being taken, a report was produced stating that the fingerprints were an exact match to a set of fingerprints held for an individual, Theresa Nakanda, under the Police reference number 134269/90F,” the statement read.
The documents made available exclusively to The Punch, further stated that the prints were obtained on August 28, 1990, at Uxbridge Police Station, adding that Nakanda was Mrs. Ibori’s maiden name.
Continuing, it confirmed that Ibori was on February 7, 1992 at the Isleworth Crown Court in the UK, convicted of one-count of handling stolen goods.
“The circumstances of that charge relate to Mr. Ibori’s possession of a stolen American Express Card belonging to another knowing or believing that card to be stolen,” it added.
It noted that the original arrest for that offence took place on September 12, 1991 at Euston Rail Station, stressing that Ibori was fined £100 and ordered to pay £50 as costs.
“During the procedure following the arrest, Ibori provided the address of 3, Atherstone Road, Harrow, Middlesex.
“I can confirm that as a result of documentation in my possession that James Ibori and Miss Theresa Nakanda once owned this property,” McDonald added.
Ibori is currently standing trial on a 129-count charge of corruption, money laundering and abuse of office, instituted by the EFCC.
The Kaduna Division of the Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu, on Tuesday, fixed January 31, 2008, for ruling on the bail application filed by the former governor.
The EFCC had argued against granting him bail, emphasising that because of his status as an ex-convict and his enormous influence as a former governor, Ibori would interfere with the investigations.

@rasputinn
Thanks for the article, there's also another one about the chief jusctice of Nigeria Kutigi sending a query to an Asaba judge who wrote a London court seeking to dismiss another case against Ibori and his associates. The Asaba judge had written that he would dismiss the case against Ibori two months before he actually heard from both the prosecutor and defense lawyers.

Guys, I don't think this needs more debate. Questions posed:

Is Ibori a thief ---- YES (he was convicted for fraud and petty stealing in the UK before he became governor)

Should he be jailed? ---- YES

No further questions your honour.

And for all of you who just opened accounts on NairaLand supporting Ibori, I understand that you are only trying to make ends meet by accepting his money. I also understand the condition in Nigeria has made things so bad that a graduate cannot get a proper job and thus has to live off stipends from thieves.  But please remember that selling your conscience for a few naira notes is not the best. You will definitely live to reap what you sow.

So OBJ was also responsible for Ibori's prior conviction as a theif in 1990? I know, it's hard to accept that our beloved former governor was no angel.

nawao, so it is easier for you to believe that OBJ arranged the money than for you to believe that Ibori who was governor from 1999 to 2007 and did little or nothing for his state, who paid 10million dollars cash down to purchase a private jet in the UK, who was convicted of crime in the UK before he became governor, that this same Ibori did not attempt to bribe Ribadu?

at this juncture, Ild like to quote a Nairalander

"I laff in swahili!"

If you dont understand a posting ask question, instead of creating multiple negative meanings.

My advice for you is that, dont be in a hurry to read peoples postings. Where you dont understand keep mum, and where you dont have any contribution, please scram!.

Mr. Agba123, I think age is really catching up with you, bearing in mind your username. Your eyes are beginning to go dim. I wont say anything on the grounds of your age. Read the all the postings very well, before ranting.