Nuhu Ribadu
| Nuhu Ribadu | |
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| Pioneer Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission | |
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In office 2003–2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Lamorde |
| Chairman of Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force (PRSTF) | |
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In office 2012–2012 |
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21 November 1960 Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | APC |
| Spouse(s) | Zara Ribadu |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
| Occupation | Police Officer, Lawyer |
| Religion | Islam |
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu mni (born 21 November 1960) was the Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force and a former Nigerian government anti-corruption official. He was the pioneer Executive Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the government commission tasked with countering corruption and fraud. In April 2009, he became a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development.
He lived in exile until 2010 when he returned to Nigeria and declared his intention to run for President of Nigeria under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). On Friday, 14 January 2011, Nuhu Ribadu was adopted as the presidential candidate of the ACN.
In August 2014, He defected to the ruling party PDP with the intention to run for the Governorship of Adamawa State, North East Nigeria.
Ribadu studied law at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State from 1980 until 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree. Following a year at the Nigerian Law School, he was called to Bar in 1984. He also earned a Master of Laws degree from the same university. He is a TED Fellow and a Senior Fellow in St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK.
The Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, appointed him to the chairmanship of the EFCC in 2003 and reappointed him in 2007, as well as promoting him to the position of Assistant Inspector General of Police. The promotion on 9 April 2007, three weeks before newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua was sworn-in, was later challenged on the basis that it was "illegal, unconstitutional, null and void, and of no legal effect." In December 2007 Mike Okiro, Inspector-General of Police, stated that Ribadu would be removed as EFCC chairman for a one-year training course.
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