The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, may emerge as the next chairman of the PDP.

The leaders of the PDP are reportedly zeroing in on Ribadu because of the public perception that he has integrity to match that of President Muhammadu Buhari who is now APC’s leader. According to Leadership, leaders in PDP believe that the party lost the last general election because of Buhari’s anti-corruption credentials. The party’s national convention where Ribadu and other Board of Trustees (BoT) members of the party will emerge is slated for August. “The leadership of the party is looking at somebody with a good track record of doggedness, straight forwardness and somebody that is not easily intimidated. Nuhu Ribadu fits the profile,” a PDP insider told Leadership. According to the paper, the source added that at a time when a resolute president, in the person of Muhammadu Buhari, is at the helm of the nation’s affairs, the PDP, now in the opposition, cannot afford to have somebody of questionable character or somebody who does not command the respect on the masses as its leader.

Ribadu earned the respect of the masses while serving as EFCC chairman because of the reasonable number of high profile cases the commission was able to pursue, leading to a situation where Nigerians became wary of engaging in corrupt practices. Ribadu was the PDP governorship candidate in Adamawa State in the last elections. He is also reported to have the blessing of former President Goodluck Jonathan and some other party leaders. Ribadu is also believed to have a good understanding of the inner workings of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, having been a presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress Nigeria (now part of the APC) in the 2011 general elections.

Names like those of former governors, Dr Peter Odili (Rivers), Mr Liyel Imoke (Cross River) and Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), were being mentioned as possible candidates for the PDP chairmanship position until the latest development threw up Ribadu’s name.

http://www.today.ng/politics/nuhu-ribadu-may-emerge-next-chairman-of-pdp/

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He simply can't be trusted anymore

He single-handedly finished his own career by appearing too desperate for power

What a life!

Hehehehe.

Good for our development. Somehow the political class is beginning to accord public perception some importance in their action. This informed the reason why they said wada must not be fielded as PDP candidate in Kogi because he failed to perform.

Has my PDP degenerated to this level? What are the political testimonies of Nuhu Ribadu that will make him deserving of that position? And moreover this mentality that if a northerner stays at the helm of affair there will be peace is pissing me off.

BoluGabriel:
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Guess...you are below 18.

PDP why? North has really dealt with us.... am walking away.......

ChiSun27:


Guess...you are below 18.

Nope.... You're actually below me

That man is too good for that drown ship party of criminals

Equalizer:
PDP why? North has really dealt with us.... am walking away.......

That simply shows the easterners were used during the last election but since they couldn't beat the northerners, they dumping you guys again and going back to romance the northerners

This was a man who had all the chance of becoming a States governor. But he bleeped up

Fi Di Fi, Fawa to de fiful

What has PDP done for the past 16years in power Hw does this affect the economy and our pockets Abeg somebody ans me

final burial for PDP

PDP has been in coma all this while. appointing ribadu is a sign that they re heading for the morgue

PDP is going down the drain

What difference will it make

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Ok nah

NgeneUkwenu:
Chai! What A Life!!!

From a Presidential Candidate To a Chairman Of A Regional Dead Party! May Our Lives Never Be Like That Of Nuhu Ribadu in Jesus Name!

eya....your reasoning eh....mtchew

Nuhu Ribadu, Tinubu Boy.................................good for APC

See as dem dey use Ribadu dey play ball?
Who cares anyway?

hmmmmm ...

NgeneUkwenu:
Chai! What A Life!!!

From a Presidential Candidate To a Chairman Of A Regional Dead Party! May Our Lives Never Be Like That Of Nuhu Ribadu in Jesus Name!

Amin e po

If truly it happens, then it is a welcome development for our democracy. We cannot afford a weak opposition in this dispensation.