Speaking on Monday in Abuja
during the annual conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), the
anti-graft czar expressed surprise that people were saying such money could be
tampered with.
Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer
chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says there is
no way anybody can steal money recovered by the agency.
He said there was no
recovery without a court, explaining that the loot were exhibits, and that they
would be eventually sent to the account of government.
He cited the case where the
court ordered that the money recovered from James Ibori, former Delta state
governor, be sent to the federation account.
Ribadu said it is the
statutory responsibility of a country’s president to fight corruption from all angles.
“Nobody else, it is not the
duty of any governor or any chairman of a local government; it rests on the
shoulder of the president, Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said.
“If any one steals one
naira in Uyo or Bayelsa State, it is the responsibility of the president to
stop and bring him to justice.
“I think it is something
the federation and the federal government should do a lot to ensure that they
carry out constitutional duties and responsibilities.”
He called for the
celebration of good people, adding: “Let there be acceptance that this is what
we want and let there be disgrace for the opposite; it must be we who can do
that.”
He also suggested a
national conversation where the heads of the executives, legislature and the
judiciary would sit together to accept that they would set an order to fight
corruption.
The Cable
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