cre8tivity:

i am happy for nigeria. the rules are finally being recognized. let us pray for someone who will set ego aside and fight this fight with honesty, integrity, self respect and respect for democracy

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Ribadu-hunt update: IG absent at own meeting; Farida Waziri caught in lies about Ribadu’s “properties” abroad

Last View on Mon 8th December, 2008
Last Modified on Tue 25th November, 2008 9:31:38 pm
Author: Posted by Admin Sahara

SaharaReporters, New York

The much anticipated meeting today between the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, whose maltreatment by the Yar'adua regime has become a public relations nightmare, did not take place after all. The IG was not in Abuja to attend the meeting he had called, and it was not clear if Ribadu showed up.

Police sources said Mr. Okiro reportedly left the country for Conakry, Guinea, to attend an urgent international meeting. He had invited Ribadu to meet with him following the completion of his nearly–aborted "Course 30" at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies. Mr. Ribadu’s was ejected from his graduation ceremony last Saturday in front of friends and family that had arrived to share the happy moment with him.

Mr. Okiro's absence from Abuja did not stop his office from issuing another query to Ribadu yesterday. The third query in a row, it accused Ribadu of dressing improperly to visit the "President." The accusation joins other petty offenses that could lead to a summary trial of Ribadu by a police disciplinary committee on December 4th 2008.

Saharareporters had previously reported that Ribadu's travails in the hand of IG Okiro and Mrs. Farida Waziri, the new head of the EFCC, will be escalated until the objectives of demoting him as a police officer, dismissing him from the force and putting him in jail are achieved.

Yesterday, a press parley aimed at briefing the media about the EFCC's anti-corruption week turned into another propaganda war against Ribadu as the EFCC chairperson gave some media houses information that accused Ribadu of owning properties in Dubai, London and Abuja.

The allegations were not new, but this time, it proceeded with the collusion of the local media which put themselves to the services of Mrs. Waziri by publishing the allegations without asking for proof or cross-checking them. Only the Abuja-based Daily Trust published one of the addresses in London, which it gave as "29 Kingsway, Leeds".  The other property, supposedly belonging to Ribadu in England, is said to exist in the "Chelsea area of London," according to other newspapers that reported the story. Ribadu was also accused of owning a flat at the Palm Beach in Dubai as well as number 11 Mambilla Street, Udi Hills, Maitama, Abuja.


The layers of misinformation began to unravel when Saharareporters officially requested the EFCC spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, to provide accurate information about the homes the EFCC said belonged to Ribadu in London and Dubai. Babafemi didn't respond to our e-mail, but when we called him to follow up, he only told our reporter that the reference to Ribadu related to a petition written against his person with nothing specific about property addresses in London. He, however, promised to get back to SaharaReporters with further information, if he stumbled on any. That promise had not been fulfilled as at the time of publishing this story.

Saharareporters investigators swept through property records and other public records in the UK, including the UK electoral roll, but found nothing relating to Nuhu Ribadu. In the course of our investigation, we purchased two records from the UK Land registry relating to the property located at 29 Kingsway, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1BW, and found out that the property whose price was not stated, is registered to JULIE ELIZABETH HART of Woodlea, Moor End, Boston Spa, Wetherby W Yorkshire LS23 6ER.


A similar property of the same address in Huby Leeds was also accessed by our investigators who found out it was registered to LINDA ANNE SIMPSON of 29 Kingsway, Huby, Leeds LS17 0AL. It has a listed price of 155,000 pound sterling.


The nearest possible information concerning a Ribadu in the Leeds area is about a 23 year old Fatima Zara Ribadu, a Nigerian female at the University of Leeds who studies information systems. We traced her address to 23 Woodlea Street Leeds, UK and discovered that the property was purchased in 2000 by one "Ibrahim Muhammadu Dodo" of the same address, and the property is worth 270, 000 pounds. While Fatima Ribadu shares the same middle name as Nuhu Ribadu's wife, Zara Ribadu, the Leeds student is clearly a separate entity from the former EFCC chairman, according to assorted information available about her. She is the daughter of Nuhu Ribadu's cousin, and is married to Dr. Ibrahim Dodo, a medical doctor in Leeds. Dr. Dodo owns the property, which was purchased via a loan.

The reference to two lawyers in the allegations against Ribadu concerns two Abuja-based self-styled "anti-corruption lawyers," Charles Ogboli and Ugochuckwu Osuagwu, who dragged Ribadu before a Federal High Court in Abuja last year accusing him of owning a piece of property worth several millions of dollars in Dubai. Attorneys to Ribadu in that case, Femi Falana Chambers, told Saharareporters that the two lawyers are yet to produce the address of the Dubai property (ies) they allege Ribadu owns. The next hearing in the case comes up next month, December 2008.


When Saharareporters contacted Ugochukwu Osuagwu, he told our reporters that his documentations are intact but also curiously claimed that Ribadu had admitted to the allegation in a sworn in affidavit filed before the court, which he supplied to SaharaReporters. But a cursory look at the affidavit shows that what Osuagwu claimed was Ribadu's admission of ownership of the unnamed Dubai property was a typographical error in the affidavit filed by a lawyer in Femi Falana chambers. The error was fully rebutted in the closing paragraphs of the affidavit where Ribadu clearly stated that he doesn't own properties in Dubai or elsewhere but in Abuja where his father–in-law, Professor Iya-Abubakar, purchased the house he currently occupies.

Sources told Saharareporters that both Charles Ogboli and Uguchukwu Osuagwu are working in tandem with the EFCC chairperson, Mrs. Waziri and some former governors to fight Ribadu. The characters of the two lawyers are currently under legal scrutiny before an FCT High Court in Gudu Abuja, where they stand accused of impersonation and extortion arising from letters they signed impersonating law enforcement officers with the intention of scamming a former junior minister in the Yar'Adua regime.  Our sources said the two lawyers are doing everything to help nail Ribadu so as to shake off the charges, which may be discontinued by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, as soon as the plan to nail Ribadu, with their help, succeeds.

Indications are that the plot against Ribadu has now moved into a desperate ding-dong stage, where he is expected to be tossed around between the Inspector General of Police and the EFCC chairperson as they search for the perfect strategy to put Ribadu away.

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RIBADU REFUTES:
Refutation of EFCC’s Baseless claim on Ribadu’s properties

Our attention has been drawn to wide media coverage in a number of publications suggesting that Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), bought and owned houses in Dubai, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria.

According to the publications, the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) also said, through its publicity office, that it has commenced investigations on Ribadu, based on “several petitions against Ribadu, which are being investigated at the moment.”

The EFCC also claimed that Mr. Ribadu did not declare his assets as EFCC Chairman before and after leaving office.

In its five-year existence, the EFCC has garnered a lot of local and international esteem on account of its sterling reputation for dogged investigation and efficient prosecution records.  Thus, for this reason, one would expect such an institution to show more fidelity for evidence and facts in other to protect its name, its sense of honour, and the competence of its leadership.

Apparently, these shaping values have little meaning to the current incarnation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). For the records, however, here are the facts:  


Mr. Ribadu states categorically today, as he did late last year when this same baseless rumour was advertised by these same forces, that:

1.    He DOES NOT own houses in Abuja, Dubai, the U.K or any other part of the world, other than his personal house built in his village in Yola back in the early 1990s;
2.    Mr. Ribadu owns a yet-to-be-developed plot of land in Katampe, an undeveloped district of Abuja, which was acquired in 1998;
3.    Apart from his official salary account, Mr. Ribadu does not operate a bank account anywhere else in the world;
4.    He has dutifully sworn to oaths declaring his assert when he was appointed Chairman, and is in the process now of declaring his assets after the completion of his course at Kuru.  Again, he urges the Commission in all its evident enthusiasm to proceed with the basic tenets of investigation of careful rather than tendentious scrutiny.

5.    Regarding his official residence which has again being mischievously listed as a house he bought, here are the facts:
When the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), this is the  in line with the policy of the last administration, offered for sale along with other houses in the area, Mr. Ribadu could not muster the funds to purchase the said house.  However, sensitive to the possibility of a conflict of interest arising if he approached banks for a loan, given his position as EFCC Chairman, Ribadu nearly lost the house until his father-in-law, Professor Iya Abubakar, intervened. It was the Professor who bid for the house at a public auction and took a facility from his bankers, Fidelity Bank, to purchase the house, which cost N44m.  As it is, Mr. Ribadu and his family are currently living in the Mambilla Street house, thanks to his father-in-law. All records pertaining to this transaction are available at the FCDA for anyone who wishes to check.

6.    Since the Commission and its sponsors seem driven to conclusions without the care of preambles,   Mr. Ribadu hereby grants express permission to the EFCC or anyone who finds that he has assets other than those he declared before the Code of Conduct Bureau when he assumed office in 2003, to seize them without further reference to him;

Last word:
Mr. Ribadu is naturally saddened that an institution in which he worked earnestly and professionally with many patriotic colleagues seem eager to seek alliance with methods perfected by enemies of the anti-corruption war. He looks forward to a return to sobriety and professionalism at the Commission.

Signed
Charles Musa Esq., LL.M, B.L, MCI. Arb

EFCC Chair Farida Waziri gets $500,000.00 “Mercedes Jeep” bribe from Akwa Ibom Governor; Ibori celebrates Nuhu Ribadu travails

Last View on Mon 8th December, 2008
Last Modified on Sat 06th December, 2008 1:36:58 pm
Author: Posted by Admin Sahara
SaharaReporters, New York

The  BLACK Mrs. Farida's GL 450 SUV

Two months ago, at a retreat for EFCC officials in Lagos, Mrs. Farida Waziri stunned her listeners with the very last words they expected of her.  She said, "Well, I know that you all work very hard, this is Nigeria and people will offer you gifts to say thank you for your work, please accept it but make sure you spread it round".

Some of the shell-shocked participants called SaharaReporters to report that statement.  In turn, we immediately contacted the EFCC spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who denied that Mrs. Waziri had made the remark.  He went on to issue a curious statement to the local media declaring that Mrs. Waziri had spoken the exact opposite of what the retreat attendees had reported.

That gathering was the first at which the EFCC began to unfold its new philosophy and alliances in public, even as the influence of Yar'adua’s lawyer, Wole Olanipekun, began to ripple around the agency. Olanipekun, who was once interrogated by the EFCC for money laundering, was a keynote speaker at the retreat.


As SaharaReporters found out, Mrs. Waziri is currently living by the creed she disclosed at that Lagos retreat. We have documented a series of corrupt activities engaged in by Mrs. Waziri, in concert with her fellow Benue-born brother-in-crime, federal Attorney General Michael Aondoakaa, to collect bribes from—among others—the governors of Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Rivers States.  Up till today, Mrs. Waziri has not tried to debunk any of those reports.

In an update, our investigators in Abuja have found that Mrs. Waziri is in receipt of another "big gift" from the Governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Obot Akpabio.  Courtesy of the thieving governor of Akwa Ibom, Mrs. Waziri is now the proud owner of a Mercedes Benz GL 450 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

Known as "Mercedes Jeep" in Nigerian parlance, the car was delivered to her two days ago, December 3, 2008. The chassis number on the vehicle is WDC 1648711A 390877 (It carries a WDC because it was branded by US automaker DaimlerChrysler).   On its website, the automaker says of the car, "The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class (code name X164) is a DaimlerChrysler full-size luxury crossover SUV built by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz since the 2007 model year." The brand new car cost N68 million  (estimated at $500,000) dollars, because it is fully armored (bullet proof.)


SaharaReporters has confirmed that the car was driven to a house in Gboko, Benue state by Mrs. Waziri's driver. The house is located in the GRA area in Gboko.  A source described the location of the unregistered car as being a property next to Mr. Ambrose Feese, the former managing director of Nigeria Merchant Bank.  The destination of the car may change quickly as this report becomes public.  An aide to Mrs. Waziri told Saharareporters the EFCC chairwoman intends to claim it is a gift from her husband.


The latest revelation of Mrs. Waziri's corrupt lifestyle is nothing new. Saharareporters has reported her shopping spree in the UK, as corrupt former and serving governors recruited her to the EFCC job. She is also widely known to be a lover of expensive jewelry and other luxurious items.


The revelation of the car gift is coming on the heels of her continued collaboration with former Inspector generals of Police who now act as bailers and guarantors for EFCC victims under her watch. Three former inspector generals of police, namely Gambo Jimeta, Aliyu Attah and MD Yusuf have been identified as serving as "virtual board of directors" of the EFCC according to an insider in the agency. The three retired IGs all have the hatred of Nuhu Ribadu in common as he refused their intervention to save former IG Tafa Balogun, who was found to have looted the police treasury to the tune of N17 billion.  Besides Aliyu Attah was noted for providing Fred Ajuduah with police outrider at the height of his "419" career and MD Yusuf never forgave Ribadu for interrogating him regarding the Haliburton bribe scandal.


SaharaReporters gathered that the three former IGs are working with Mrs. Waziri to sell Tafa Balogun's properties back to him under the pretext that the Ribadu-led EFCC did not follow due process in disposing of the properties. It has also been revealed that James Ibori might have had the $19 million bribe money he gave to Ribadu returned to him by the EFCC.  The former governor was heard boasting that his Nigerian criminal trial was over because he got his money back.


Last week, Ibori suddenly traveled to Accra, Ghana, in what was interpreted as a full-blown plot to exterminate Ribadu.  He reportedly made the tactical withdrawal in order to avoid being held responsible if anything happened to the diminutive former boss of the EFCC, but Ribadu was said to have gotten wind of the plan and gone underground. He is currently unreachable but sources close to him told Saharareporters that he is undergoing a "spiritual retreat" at the moment.  They, however, refused to disclose his exact location.  Contrary to some reports, our sources and searches of the arrival records into the US show that he is not in the US as being rumored.


Ribadu's predicament and the reports of his disappearance are being celebrated by some politicians, including the presidency.  The governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, has personally called up several news editors prevailing on them to report that Ribadu has absconded to the US.  Meanwhile, Ibori, fresh from the festooning of INEC chairman, Maurice Iwu in Okigwe last weekend, shortly after returning from Ghana, boasted to his aides that he has accomplished three out of four things he wanted to do to Ribadu, namely to replace him as EFCC chairman, demote him from AIG to DCP, get him publicly humiliated  and jailed.


Another report says that Mr. Ibori is negotiating the purchase of Abuja-based newspaper, Daily Trust, to strengthen his hold on the media.

at poster: above is the answer to your stupid question, ewu

mikeansy:

creativity

You love nigeria so much and you never complain about Farida Waziri, or Mike Aondoakaa or Mike Okiro

Abi those ones they obery the rules

Ok them dey Obey the rules wey they help your papa line his pockets with naija stolen wealth

abi o, make una help ask fools

i weep for my motherland, for a man who convicted thieves like, alams, tafa, nwude (over 200m dollars fraud against a brazillian bank), over a century of yahoozee boyz, the list is endless, to be treated like this i no fit shout

can anyone please tell us, with facts and not i hear say, what crime/offence our gr8t czar AIG RIBADU committed?

cre8tivity:

i happen to be a little bit closer to icpc and i will try my best to answer this question.
my dear, during obasojo's regime, icpc was being controlled or managed by bigwigs old school judges that were even older and had more experience in-terms of life and politics than obasojo himself. therefore obasojo intentionally did not bother to involve these icpc people, they were too smart, been around too long and too brave for obasojo to mess with them. but here comes jonny the policeman, a man that loves power, very ignorant and arrogant at the same. his name is ribadu. obasojo saw these special qualities and immediately too advantage. ribadu wasn't bright enough to see past those days, and this is why he finds it very difficult to believe what is going wrong with him today. ribadu intentionally did not listen to advise from the wise ones. he was told to take it easy and not to be used, but his head was too big at those wonderful days.

my dear cr8tivity, can you please name one person among all those you said were 'selectively' prosecuted by the EFCC (AIG. RIBADU) that did not actually commit the offence they were prosecuted for?

Or, maybe what you are implying is that, all corrupt politicians who are opponents of the government of the day, should not be investigated and prosecuted if found wanting?

my friend, if you must oppose the government, please make sure your cupboard is not filled with skeletons,

and what do make of the bad reputation/name yahoo, yahoo boyz are giving our beloved country abroad, if you must know AIG. NUHU RIBADU prosecuted a handful of them, unless you want show all nairalanders our ignorant you are, hoping that you are not one of them,

i weep for your generation, for corruption is in your bone marrow, onyi oshi

angelina08:

The Best gift to present to a young lady is Rose flowers. It is the symboled of love.

SYMBOLED OF LOVE indeed ewu

TONDO:

i dey fill bad when she was not  with me.

how am i feeling at the moment? get myself a gun and blow off Tondo's stupid and brainless head, so he'll never be beside us on nairaland again and again, so help us God

sexyLeamon:

Where Can One Get A Good Wife?
i think you should try the moon! Nonsense!!!

LMAO

thank you jare my sister, better still he should visit ipodo, he may be lucky, but make dem askari no catch am sha

crazykid:

As a father, you should sit him down and tell him the dangers his likely to encounter in homosexualism; he should know that what his doing can lead to his ruin.

what kinda oshisko talk be dis? dis na naija,

@poster, get a good koboko or horse whip if u like, and beat the living-'gay'-light out of his stupid mind, even God go happy with u (spare the rod n spoil the child),
abi are u ready to be ur son's gay partner?

angelina08:

Must Ladies and Girls appreciate money for gotting that money is not everything and it is not love but for satifaction of needs, but for me I love a gift of Rose flowers and Golds, my dalin husband knows my fevouright gifts and i love him for that.

thanks.

ema gbami ooo. i hope that ur dalin husband is not OTONDO,
no be only fevouright, na for gotting, OLODO RABATA, OJU EJA LO N JE

maybe its simply because tall girls/ladies are prone to making "tall" demands,
what a stupid question, who ever told you that: ur boyfriend? ur brother? abi na ur papa?

LoveAlways:

Well do you want her back now? Why did you two break up? There's several ways to approach this matter, depending on the breakup.

It was consensual, long distance wasn't helping the relationship then (about 13 months). But even after breaking up, we still kept in touch, now the distance is no longer an issue.

Am a single guy and I work in one of the major cities in the country, the younger sister of a colleague in another city, was asked to put up in my crib (2-bedroom apartment) during her 6-month Industrial Attachment. She finished her I/T programme in October, but to my greatest surprise, she's not planning to leave. I want her to leave cos i don't want my family members who will be coming around next year to see her staying in my apartment. How best do i tell her to leave, Help me guys.

Her words: I've been suppressing a truth for so long. I want to be free so i'll just say, you are one person that has drawn most respect from me, no matter how i've tried to withold it. I can't stop loving you.

@ poster, i guess ur bobo is tired of u, know wat , he wants to dump u, so b da one to make da move 1st.

Kosi big deal, shebi na our money una want? make una sef become 'cheerful givers'-in kind-, after all to whom much is given, much is expected- ONYE-OSHI.

Ol'boy e bi like say u don die b4, abi? May be you start thinking of conducting paternity test for ur first child? ODE LASAN! MUMU HEADQUARTERS!