₦airaland Forum

tharma:
My very concern about corruption is not Ribadu as a person, but EFCC as an institution. In every organized society what u have is institutions that work perfectly very well without the need of a perticular man. This now makes it easy for the institution to perform its functions very well over a very long time.
However institutions are managed by human beings, so in order for the institutions to work perfectly very well, the people that managed the institution have to be its blood, its life support, its frame work. So for the institution to survive and not loose its direction, smooth transition from one generation of work force to another have to take place.
For instance, If a company is set up and employ staff, the staff are trained to achieve the goals and objectives of the company and if the company is doing well, the management is allowed to continue. If the shareholders feels the companys direction is drailing, they sit down and make new policies for the company to redirect the focus of the management. The management is always sacked or change when it is found out that its decision are failing the company.
But in the case of EFCC what we have is a contratry. Nuhu Ribadu was given a mandate to create the organization. When the EFCC was set up, it has nothing, no office block. But this guy molded the EFCC into what we have today. He has employed staff, trained them, and of course both him and his new staff are learning. The government did not give him and his staff time to get the organization matured before dumping him and bringin in new people. Imagine chaning all the 12 principal investigating officers of the organization just over night? All their experience is wasted overnight. Transfering out all the well trained 300 police officers and send them back to the old police station where they will be force to collect N10 on the road. It will take years again for the new investigators to acquire the skills and confidence to tacke the corruption problem.
Imagine Lamorde posted to Ningi! Ningi is one small local government in Bauchi and he will be doing nothing there. Imagine the experience he have gathered just wasting away. All the money the government paid for his training have become a waste.
No any wise government will do that. What the present administration did to him, and the whole organisation was what we call Nigerian Factor. Anytime we have change of administration, the new administration will change the head of all government agencies and bring their own and mess the whole systmem. This is what we called lack of continuity. This is just contrary to what we have in organized societies. In organized societies head of government agencies are not changed without reason, and staff of government agencies are not transfered or deployed unnecessarily.

cre8tivity:
@poster, many other nigerians including myself have also done many video interviews in the past regarding developing and moving nigeria out of darkness. the difference here is: some people believe in "do as i say and not as i do", while others prefer "do as i do". which side do you belong to?

cre8tivity:
i think the problem here is: nigerians are not used to people that sincerely fight for something without getting something nice out of it. when you defend what you stand for or share different view from the rest, it is an automatic mind set for them, the rest to think your last name is ibori or kalu. and this is very sad. the only way our country could move out of this darkness is by paying more attention to how our leaders or role models choose to handle things. and the best way/ time to judge a great leader is how he handles himself or operates when things are going bad for him.

Mamajama:
ATTENTION

Please stop wasting your valuable times in trying to educate [size=20pt]cre8tivity[/size]

Muza:
its funny and unfortunate that so many Nigerians are so myopic to think that EFCC was created just so that Ribadu could be its Chairman,HABA!
Let the correct such ignorant thoughts,EFCC was not created for Ribadu.so wats the big deal if he is not there tmr.
Its not that Waziri is doin a better job but one day we will get sm1 better.
So in a country of >140m people,its only Ribadu that can fight corruption

cre8tivity:
it doesn't matter how much you've recovered, you must obeyed the rules.
an american soldier that lost both legs fighting for his country would still come back home to obey the rules and regulations, or else he would be treated like a criminal. this is why it would take another 2000 years for nigeria to come close to america high standard. we are foolish and weak just like our constitution, and this is very sad.

Muza:
where is that $6bn,Ribadu should tell us where it is?

cre8tivity:
the fact remains the same. the rules must be obeyed. without obeying the rules there is no future.

cre8tivity:
no clue at all.

Muza:
he ddnt wear his uniform with his rank (which in his case is DCP) to the NIPSS Grad,nobody military or paramilitary officer has every done than.

He went in there as an AIG; thats is the rank that allows him to attend that course in the first place; so if he wasnt demoted he would wear the uniform; also the case is in court; so all parties must obey the status quo; which obviously the canvassers of the rule of law; decided not to follow.

He refused to report to his duty post (which is EDO),

Case is still in court- Hence he is deemed innocent until otherwise proven
He refused to appear before EFFC to explain how he came about those houses in London,Dubai,Maitama . . .

The spoke person for EFCC has denied requiring ribadu for questioning; waziri herself said the invitation was for clarification - help to finish on going cases not answering allegations; those allegations have been there even before he left the EFCC, and he had asked his accusers to prove it

Need i say more?  

Please do, if u have any that we do not know

scottN:
Some psychophants r just using d excuse of disobedience of law to ridicule this guy.

cre8tivity:
1st, mr move doesn't understand many things, therefore it's makes no-sense to answer a question coming from someone that clearly doesn't have a clue.
2nd, the biggest mistake efcc could have made was to arrest ribadu without first exhausting all options. in-fact, it is known through out abuja that ribadu preferred to be arrested by the fg. this was the main reason why he was intentionally provoking the system. but his trick did not actualize.

A. For someone advocating for the adherence to following the law; and that all men be treated equally; u are shooting ur argument down by the above statement; so ribadu is now bigger than FG than if they arrest him it would be deemed a mistake; If they sent out an invitationto him to come for questioning say within 7days and he refused, they are well within their rights to arrest; question him for 48hours either release him or charge him to court. IT IS THAT SIMPLE---Thereby proving that all men are Equal.
B. Are U saying he was wanted for questioning?
C. If he was wanted for questioning he was @ NIPSS without any sort of Immunity why didnt EFCC or FG go there and arrest him like they would do to any other citizen.
3rd, fg has decided to be very careful handling this situation, they do not want anything revealed without first making sure that the evidences are legit "if only ribadu could have done the same during his time as the chairman, things could have been better". and this is why they haven't made any move to label ribadu as anything. the issues are still open. again, to be fair and civilized, let us not discussion the issues that are still open against ribadu. i'm sure that we'll do this when the time is right. as of now, he remains innocent.
finally, regardless of the matter, the rule of law must still be obeyed. it is that simple.

D; This is blatantly incorrect; because if the FG was following the rule of law as u r purporting; They would first of all suspend him; continue investigating him; if found guilty then demote him and jail him. The sequence of events shows evidence of an ulterior motive
E. Also if your point 3 is correct; they should have just left him alone; not demoting him; according to you "fg has decided to be very careful handling this situation, they do not want anything revealed without first making sure that the evidences are legit " so when they have collated and verified all evidences then the would nail him instead of the rubbish they did that u r supporting; let know ur stand answer d ?'s asked

gaddafi81:
LOL . . . you'll be surprised

debosky:
I don't see how there is anything 'corrupt' about this ruling

Everyone knows Buhari and Atiku had no chance in hell of winning these elections. PDP and INEC rigged beyond measure of course, but even without that, Yar'adua would still have come out with a convincing victory.

olanajim:
I think the judgement is a blessing to Nigeria in many ways.

I blame Buhari and Atiku for their lost. The two men had the goodwill of Nigerians to wrest power from PDP. All the were expected to do is for one to step down for the other so that progressives would align with one candidate. But they stuck to the selfish personal ambition.
I think Yar'adua has to complete his tenure. Let the opposition unite, and then restrategise for next election,

cre8tivity:
just in case you did not know: between sep 2008 and dec 2008, efcc has invited mr ribadu for at least 8 times, for questioning and clarification of some open issues, but the man clearly disregarded every single invitation. to be fair and civilized, do not let us go into those open issues, that is for another time.
now question for you: what happened to those people that disregarded invitation from efcc when ribadu was the chairman?

Mamajama:
This action against Ribadu is vindictive and it's nothing but a power play between the Tafa boys.

cre8tivity:
we now have many cases still open because mr ribadu refuses to cooperate. during ribadu's time as the chairman of efcc, do

idocare:
I agree with you when you say there are all kinds of reasons people use others;
I believe my ex reason was denials he received from the embassey the times he
tried to come on his own. Back then I didn't know much about immigration and
how some other countries want to be in America. I didn't know that your passport
is stamped every time you attempt to migrate and I really didn't know that his last
attempt to migrate the moral way was denied within a very short period of him
wooing me to the alter.

Well I guess ur case is different and can be perceived clearly as a case of marriage scam; but u must also accept part of the blame for not doing your due dilligence on the issue before getting married.


Actually I feel that any man that can plant and seed and stay around long enough to name it then abandon that seed without knowing how the seed is sprouting has some serious issues within themselves, especially if they continue to call themselves religious, there's nothing holy about marrying for greencard benefits and planting a seed that they know they have zero intentions of sticking around for.

People that have done that to others may be laughing now and having a good time talking to family and friends about how the whole scam played out, but they just don't realize that they are also telling them that they care about nobody but themselves and could at any time also scam them. Just as they can turn there back on the children they create; they must find it equally easy to do the same to the other family members as well.

Many people are still too embarressed to talk about being a victim of a marriage scam
however I've always been one to be honest and call it what it is.

I'm still wondering if that's how professionals act in my ex homeland Nigeria, do they go after what they want at the expense of hurting others, I'm wondering if his family is ashamed of what he's done or if they're high fiving him for all the hurt and pain that he has brought on me and his son, or do they even realize the deptness of the situation we all find ourselves in.

I can categorical tell you that no one will high five anyone for abandoning his family; especially his young child, and there is no need for generalisation- Most professionals in nigeria wont behave this way; most professionals on decent pay will get visa to Uk or US easily; also i wonder why a medical doctor who is doing well in nigeria will go to that extent to leave the country.

between- Marriage scams is not only perpetuated by anyone country; it involves citizen of every, UK & US citizen included. I wonder sometimes at the premium people place on "greencard" that u may end up losing or being chased for alimony paymentsfor the rest of ur life

cre8tivity:
it will be officially announced soon that ribadu has been dismissed. this is what happens when you feel like you're too big to obey the rules of a nation. could someone please tell me what happens to an employee that refuses to show up for work? guys, do not let us play foolish, the stunt ribadu is currently displaying wouldn't be accepted in any developed country regardless of what may be going on. nigeria is a country that has rules and regulations, these rules are not there for decoration. if we want to see a great nigeria once again in our life time, the citizens must be treated equally and must also obey the rules 24/7. nigeria is not a burger king, therefore, ribadu should not be allowed to have it his way. efcc chairman is a position just like any other fg positions. it is very important for one not to develop a big head because of any position, especially fg positions. ribadu as a dismissed federal government official has disqualified himself from contesting for any fg or political positions forever. this is what happens when we operate like a bush-man. i'm very sorry, ribadu is not a bright man or a true leader and i'm not sure if he will be missed at all. democracy must live forever. if ribadu is mis-bahaving at this stage of his career, what exactly should one expect from him as the ig?