Former Governor of Del­ta State James Onanefe Ibo­ri has chronicled the events leading to the sack of former Chair­man of the Economic and Finan­cial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
He alleged that Yar’Adua fired Ribadu because he was opposed to former President Olusegun Oba­sanjo’s preference of the late leader as his successor.

In a statement issued on Sun­day by Mr. Tony Eluemunor, Head of Ibori’s Media Office, the former governor who is serving a prison term in London, condemned the “bare-faced lies, that some journal­ists and news organisations”, espe­cially an online news medium, have continued to heap on him.

Ibori said that, “What makes it galling is that the matter under con­tention was the Department of State Services (DSS) report that stopped the Senate from confirming Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the EFCC”, and did not warrant his name being dragged in.

On the first allegation that dur­ing the tenure of Farida Waziri as EFCC chairperson, sensitive docu­ments were found in Magu’s home”, the online newspaper wrote: “The facts do not support that claim. A reporter for this newspaper exten­sively reported that event in 2008 when it happened, and is familiar with what transpired at the time.”

Eluemunor said that Ibori is not concerned with the fact that the publication chose not to cross-check the facts but “rested on an­swers a journalist got almost a dec­ade ago, and he did not say how he acquired that information, no, that is left with the online outfit’s readers to worry about. What Ibori finds ir­responsible is what follows: “Based on pressure from political gladia­tors of the period (among which were former governors James Ibo­ri and Bukola Saraki), then Presi­dent Musa Yar’Adua unceremo­niously removed Nuhu Ribadu as chairman of the EFCC.”
“Mr. Nasir el-Rufai has exposed this claim as a terrible lie. In his book, The Accidental Public Serv­ant”, he stated the source of the trou­ble he and Ribadu had with the late President Umar Yar’Adua.

“On Page 358, in a section en­titled “Umaru Asks Nuhu for Sup­port: the Beginning of Our Trou­ble” he wrote that Ribadu was so maddened that former President Olusegun Obasanjo had favoured Yar’Adua above Nasir-el-Rufai to succeed him as President in 2007 that he told a Yar’Adua to his face: ”Well , Obasanjo has not told me, and as far as the Presidency is con­cerned, I have my candidate for president, and that is El-Rufai.
El-Rufai continued on Page 359: “It took sometime before Nuhu fig­ured out Obasanjo’s games and what was really happening. Nuhu’s instinctive reaction was that of a typical policeman – dust up EF­CC’s files and comb for petitions against Umaru. Nuhu did not re­alize it at that time, but he was the one in trouble not Obasanjo or Umaru. He dusted up all the files against Umaru and launched in­vestigations.

He was clearly trying to take Yar’Adua out of the race and narrow all options to zero except for El-Rufai.”

http://saharareportersrescue.com/why-yaradua-sacked-nuhu-ribadu-james-ibori-opens-up/

CC: Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Source: http://towncrieronline.net/2016/12/19/why-yaradua-sacked-nuhu-ribadu-james-ibori-opens-up/

In ATIKU i trust

OZAOEKPE:
In ATIKU i trust

Woe to him that puts his trust in man. Says the Lord.

sekundosekundo:



Woe to him that puts his trust in man. Says the Lord.

This Country Stinks

The lbori am seing here is not in any way diff

hmm

OZAOEKPE:
In ATIKU i trust

U mean a political paperweight like Ribadu(who cannot win an election in his LGA) wants to determine OBJ's successor? The man wasn't only day dreaming, he must be mad

The worst thing is the deceit and the sanctimonious disposition Ribadu displayed.

OZAOEKPE:
In ATIKU i trust

may God heal you of you sickness. Oponu

Toosure70:
may God heal you of you sickness. Oponu

pained afonja

This evidence, I mean El-Rufai's book, Ibori's media aid referenced is too credible to be impeached or faulted. This is the reason for the silence and paucity of negative response we usually get here on nairaland whenever any news about Ibori pops up. Na wao

stsinner:
U mean a political paperweight like Ribadu(who cannot win an election in his LGA) wants to determine OBJ's successor? The man wasn't only day dreaming, he must be mad

You won't have used that term in the mid 2000s.

Ibori shut up and finish your jail sentence you good for nothing looter vandross!


No one cares about your rants!

momentarylapse:


Ibori shut up and finish your jail sentence you good for nothing looter vandross!


No one cares about your rants!

You should be the one to shut your stinking mouth. The era of one-sided narrative is over. Whether you like it or not, your lies and propaganda will be matched with ferocious counter-discourse.

ozalogbo:


You should be the one to shut your stinking mouth. The era of one-sided narrative is over. Whether you like it or not, your lies and propaganda will be matched with ferocious counter-discourse.

If you are pained that your thieving brother is rotting deservedly in a u.k jail for stealing you savages blind, then you can as well go and smoke on the remnant ashes of a mad man's burnt _cock and dive into one of your creeks and sleep with the fishes for good measure!



Now swerve out my way you hapless twit and go and continue crying into one of your fellow militants anal cavities!

9jaBloke:

You won't have used that term in the mid 2000s.

yeah! But calling him lightweight is an understatement