Court stops alleged bid to arrest Ribadu

[Namio]

Court stops alleged bid to arrest Ribadu 21/11/2008

From Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdullahi Mustapha, yesterday restrained the police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting former anti-graft czar, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu.
Justice Abdullahi Mustapha gave the order while ruling in a motion ex-parte filed by Ribadu’s lawyer, Mr. Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), to stop his purported arrest bid.

The court granted Ribadu leave to enforce his fundamental human rights by stopping the police and the EFCC from inviting or arresting him pending the determination of a suit he had filed in court.

Ribadu is seeking a court declaration that the EFCC, the police and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) are not entitled in law to deny him his fundamental rights to liberty and freedom of movement as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.

In an affidavit of urgency he filed before the court, Ribadu claimed he received a letter dated October 23 from EFCC inviting him to its office.

He described the invitation as a ruse to arrest, detain or incarcerate him as was done to an EFCC chief, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, a Chief Superintendent of Police who worked with him when he was the chairman.

He said Magu was detained for over two weeks without trial in a cell with criminals.

Ribadu said he never committed any offence to warrant the EFCC to compel him to visit its office.

According to him, he requires to know in advance the alleged fundamental issues that arose after he had left the office to enable him to decide whether to honour the invitation.

He said instead of the EFCC to give him the details, it had threatened to arrest and detain him for failure to honour the invitation.

Ribadu wants the court to stop the respondents from interfering with his enjoyment of his rights following his failure to honour the invitation

Besides, he asked the court for an order restraining the EFCC and the police from arresting or detaining him.

He also asked the court to hold that the prayers, if granted, would serve as a stay of all "actions and matters arising from his refusal to honour the invitation.

Justice Mustapha, in his ruling, however said the leave granted did not mean that the police and EFCC could not invite anybody for investigation.

He added that Ribadu can always come back to the court to seek the enforcement of his fundamental human rights if violated.

The court directed Ribadu’s counsel to come by way of originating summons and serve all the parties in the suit within eight days.

The Nation

[dem]

Is that so? Ah, no condition is permanent o!!

Rule of law, I guess. But did Ribadu see the irony in this palava? The system he put in place with so much energy and employed with equal gusto has turned around him to nip him in the bum. I always knew God has a sense of humor!

So he knows there's such a thing as fundermental human right? So he realises now that invitation for question should not always lead to detention. Them teach am well for NIPSS then.

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by Namio

Court stops alleged bid to arrest Ribadu 21/11/2008

From Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdullahi Mustapha, yesterday restrained the police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting former anti-graft czar, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu.
Justice Abdullahi Mustapha gave the order while ruling in a motion ex-parte filed by Ribadu’s lawyer, Mr. Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), to stop his purported arrest bid.

Good News!

Auspy.

[Namio]

Published 11/21/2008 1:39:00 AM

How EFCC detained FIRS boss, husband – Source

Musikilu Mojeed, Abuja

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service , Mrs. Ifueko Omogui-Okauru, and her husband, Ashishana, were detained for several hours on Tuesday night at the premises of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Abuja, by armed policemen.

A source said Omogui-Okauru and her husband, who resigned from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, were detained allegedly on the orders of the EFCC Chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri.

Ashishana was, until his resignation on Tuesday, the Director of the NFIU, the intelligence arm of the EFCC.

At the close of work that day, Omogui-Okauru was said to have joined her husband in the office so that they could go home together.

An eyewitness said as the couple made to enter their car, they were accosted by five fully armed riot policemen, who claimed that they were under an instruction not to allow them to leave the building.

Our source said there was a shouting match between Ashishana and the policemen but that the security agents stood their ground and were soon joined by seven other colleagues.

Bewildered, Omogui-Okauru was said to have made calls to some unknown persons.

After having been detained for over an hour, the former NFIU director reportedly placed a call to Waziri.

Our source quoted Ashishana as having complained to the EFCC chairman on the telephone, saying he was quitting the anti-graft agency with immediate effect.

After a long while, the most senior officer among the policemen reportedly told the former director that he had received an instruction to let Ashishana and his wife go.

He, however, added that his team had been instructed to seal off the NFIU.

When contacted on Thursday, the former EFCC director said he had put the entire saga behind him and was not prepared to make any comments.

But a spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said he was not aware that Ashishana and his wife were detained on Tuesday night.

He however said Ashishana’s letter of resignation was yet to be accepted by the EFCC.

In a statement in Abuja on Thursday, Uwujaren said the issue surrounding the former director’s resignation bordered on negligence and gross dereliction of duty.


© Copyright 2006 The Punch

[MrOneNaija]

ONLY THE GUILTY RUN....

Why is Ribadu hell bent on avoiding simple summons to report either at the EFCC or the police? Only the guilty run when nobody is pursuing them.

Another sweet irony here is that this character had been so desperate to be left at the EFCC to the extent that after he was sacked as head of the anti-corruption outfit, he employed dirty tricks in the form of blackmail against the government and the person of his successor, planted stories in sections of complacent media organizations about his alleged hounding by those who do not wish Nigeria well, silly and inane testimonies by foreign and local acolytes who had generously benefitted from the largesse emanating from the sleazy bossom of the EFCC under the Obasanjo henchman, etc.

[Namio]

By the way, what crime did he commit?

What many people do not realize is that a strong message is being sent to those who are bent on cleaning up Nigeria legally or not, by revolution or not, that if you try, you will end up like Ribadu. Those who refuse moral and people oriented clean up with check and balances by the courts, are asking or begging for Rawlings type of justice or another Ezegwu in Nigeria. Sicko Country.

Those who engage in witch-hunting end up being witch-hunted themselves.

I do not pity him at all. Let him get a dose of his own medicine.

The punishment he gets for being used by OBJ and his goons!

[Namio]

Originally Posted by Dewdrops

Those who engage in witch-hunting end up being witch-hunted themselves.

I do not pity him at all. Let him get a dose of his own medicine.

The punishment he gets for being used by OBJ and his goons!

DD,

we all agree the Country stinks to high heaven but we can not agree on how to sanitize it. I know you may not go back, but you can not deny the message being sent to those of us who would like to chlorinize the place.

[MrOneNaija]

MISSING EFCC FILES: WHY RIBADU IS RUNNING SCARED

The picture is getting much clearer as to why the former Obasanjo factotum who doubled as EFCC chief during the ghastly reign of the ex-tyrant is refusing to honor invitations by the EFCC and the police. It is apparent that the once talkative individual has some serious explaining to do. It seems files on former governors developed wings under his watch and simply disappeared!

Nobody should be surprised about this unfortunate development. It is in the man's character. What must be seen as an unconscionable attempt to tamper with evidence could also very well be informed by Ribadu's pathological need to create a false aura of indispensability around his person. By deliberately removing those files, he knows very well that the criminal gesture is bound to create (temporary) obstacles in the way of the new staff at the EFCC. A conceivably halting, if initially unsure start on the part of his successor regarding inherited investigations will provoke cynicism and suspicion in the minds of the unsuspecting who, sooner than later, will start entertaining nostalgia about the Ribadu era. On the other hand, it could be a dumb (?) way to tell the individuals he was set-upon by his political master that he played the Ribadu equivalent of a deus ex machina by performing abracadabra on their files. Nuhu will thus be a hero once again, except that this time around, his heroism will be for an exclusive club of powerful and potentially dangerous men. Just like our poor Ribadu.

As wise minds are now saying, let's watch this man stew in his own mischief.

We invited Ribadu over ex- governors’ missing files -EFCC

Last Updated ( Friday, 21 November 2008 )
Written by Boco Edet, on 22-11-2008 00:00
Daily Trust

The embattled former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Malam Nuhu Ribadu was invited by the anti-graft agency to explain the whereabouts of the missing files on the 31 ex-governors investigated for corruption during his tenure and other sensitive documents.

Authoritative sources close to the EFCC told Weekly Trust yesterday that Ribadu would have to explain the disappearance of the case files on the ex-governors he had earlier declared as corrupt and the agency’s other sensitive documents relating to prosecution and administrative matters.

EFCC’s new boss, Mrs. Farida Waziri had attracted massive public criticisms when she said recently that the commission had no prima facie cases against former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the 31 ex-governors because their files were missing.

Our sources said Ribadu, upon his redeployment to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) for a course, left only a 3-page handover note for his successor at the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde who held office as Acting Chairman before Farida Waziri was appointed the anti-graft agency’s boss.

According to our sources, Waziri had invited Ribadu via a letter dated October 24 and routed through the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro. “The letter was written to him through the IGP and prior to the date which he was scheduled to come he sent Ibrahim Lamorde to reassure the chairman that he would honour the invitation. However, last Thursday, he called that the meeting should be shifted from Friday to Saturday because he had some other engagements. The chairman did not object. But a day before the scheduled visit, that was Friday, he wrote a letter directly to the commission, not through the IGP saying he should not be invited for such briefing but Lamorde should be consulted since he was the one the Chairman met in EFCC after her appointment.”

“ Lamorde is not in the best position to brief the EFCC boss because he only inherited a 3-page document from Ribadu. The document had little or no information and we are aware that there are issues of missing files, documents and prosecutions that need to be clarified. He mentioned there were investigations then that are not part of the hand over note. There are also some basic administration issues that need to be sorted out. This is why Ribadu was invited.”

To forestall being arrested by the EFCC for failing to honour its invitation, Ribadu had approached an Abuja Federal High Court seeking a declaration restraining the anti-graft agency, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General of the Federation from infringing on his rights to liberty and freedom of movement for failure to honour the invitation.

The court however ruled last Wednesday that EFCC has the right to invite Ribadu for investigation.

[Auspicious]

Suspy: Dem don come again o.

Auspy: Who be dat?

Suspy: Na Oga Oloyibo-Pupo o.

Auspy: Oga Big-Girama?

Suspy: Uh-huh.

Auspy: Yu dey mind am.

Suspy: Say who die? Mtxchew!

Auspy: Ki lo so pe o s'oun?

Suspy: Na di old misyurns..

Auspy: Ani ko ye seeee

Suspy: No, of course he knows what he's doing!

Auspy: Yeah? Yu think so?

Suspy: Of course! It's all calculated misrepresentation.

Auspy: You know what, you're right.

Suspy: He's so steeped in bias he believes his own lies.

Auspy: Hmph..that na serious condition oh.

Suspy: Na eim get wahala - let him stew in it.

Auspy: Yeah, let him cook in it.

Suspy: Maybe he likes Ribadu..

Auspy: As in..?

Suspy: You know, he has the hots for Ribadu..

Auspy: Ah!

Suspy: Yes now..Muhahahahahaha!

Auspy: Bwaaahahahahahahahaa!

L.H. Auspy.

[DaBishop]

Originally Posted by MrOneNaija

MISSING EFCC FILES: WHY RIBADU IS RUNNING SCARED

The picture is getting much clearer as to why the former Obasanjo factotum who doubled as EFCC chief during the ghastly reign of the ex-tyrant is refusing to honor invitations by the EFCC and the police. It is apparent that the once talkative individual has some serious explaining to do. It seems files on former governors developed wings under his watch and simply disappeared!

Nobody should be surprised about this unfortunate development. It is in the man's character. What must be seen as an unconscionable attempt to tamper with evidence could also very well be informed by Ribadu's pathological need to create a false aura of indispensability around his person. By deliberately removing those files, he knows very well that the criminal gesture is bound to create (temporary) obstacles in the way of the new staff at the EFCC. A conceivably halting, if initially unsure start on the part of his successor regarding inherited investigations will provoke cynicism and suspicion in the minds of the unsuspecting who, sooner than later, will start entertaining nostalgia about the Ribadu era. On the other hand, it could be a dumb (?) way to tell the individuals he was set-upon by his political master that he played the Ribadu equivalent of a deus ex machina by performing abracadabra on their files. Nuhu will thus be a hero once again, except that this time around, his heroism will be for an exclusive club of powerful and potentially dangerous men. Just like our poor Ribadu.

As wise minds are now saying, let's watch this man stew in his own mischief.

There's one word for what you are doing here, it is called...
'Spin'
Period!

[MrOneNaija]

Originally Posted by ula-lisa

There's one word for what you are doing here, it is called...
'Spin'
Period!

No sir,

I'm only trying to help the unsuspecting and the credulous amongst us remove their blinkers regarding Nuhu Ribadu and his sinister and cunning ways.

[Auspicious]

Hi, Folks!

Becareful of funky-smelling "help".

That's All!

Auspy.

[blooming_i]

Nobody should be surprised about this unfortunate development. It is in the man's character. What must be seen as an unconscionable attempt to tamper with evidence could also very well be informed by Ribadu's pathological need to create a false aura of indispensability around his person. By deliberately removing those files, he knows very well that the criminal gesture is bound to create (temporary) obstacles in the way of the new staff at the EFCC.

Ribadu handed over to another person before he left office as is common in any government establishment. Like he explained in his letter to his successor, whatever information needed should either be sought from the man he handover to or be put in writing, in order for him to know how he can be of help.

The man knows his rights and also knows that the mere invitation has an undertone. He doesn't want to walk into a trap "wide-eyed". He's in that system, he knows what'll happen to him if he doesn't apply the law angle to it. That's why he allowed his lawyer to follow the rule of law by going before a judge.

Out of those who condemned this man, none has recommended someone who can do a better job. oh well, may be current chairman or chairlady.

[dem]

Originally Posted by MrOneNaija

ONLY THE GUILTY RUN....

Completely incorrect!

Mr 1Naija, I know you are capable of deeper analysis than this. But I think the name Ribadu just pushes all your buttons

[Bunch17]

Originally Posted by dem

Is that so? Ah, no condition is permanent o!!

Rule of law, I guess. But did Ribadu see the irony in this palava? The system he put in place with so much energy and employed with equal gusto has turned around him to nip him in the bum. I always knew God has a sense of humor!

So he knows there's such a thing as fundermental human right? So he realises now that invitation for question should not always lead to detention. Them teach am well for NIPSS then.

I wish they EFCC go ahead, ignore this court order and arrest him just as he had done during his time.

BTW: Can we have a list of the corrupt individuals Ribadu brought to book during his tenure?

[Dapxin]

The thing I cannot reconcile is how we all wanted anyone, Ribadu and watz, to function

1 in an out-of-this-world environment...
2. under an out-of-this-planet bufffon president.

chasing out-of-this-world thieves,

using made for this world textbook methods ?

There is a lot of argument to be made of some of Ribadu's tactics then, but goodness, he did what he had to do against the few blokes, that we should be REALLY sending to the gallows...

If he arrested say Tafa, and Tafa got his black market judgement giving him immunity to prosuction, we'd b here banging on him he is a joke... If he had tried to take everyone of our established thieves, and won none, we'd be here analysing why he should have focused on one at a time...

The thing that has been said for this chap, is he gave a start (however bad!) it was a start, he could have been egged on, to run more, stay on course more, but dont deny he gave that lost namespace of a country, a good ol start, in the so called war against corruption....

How easy is it for us not to see that, at a time we should be concentrating on making him + his effc team go for more thugs, or refine their tactics in light of enhanced performances or reduced penchance for daylight stealing across Nigeria, we have a report of a federation's AG hailing the apparent freedom of a 10star cr00k IBori ?

And he is a SAN o, and nobody is whining about the irony in that textbook rule of law?

my people self....we all do have short memories.

Out.

[Mikky jaga]

If Ribadun was ever interested in ridding this country of corruption he should have been more interested in finding out what went wrong with the report of the investigations he so laboriously carried out. He should not have hidden under some techniclities that he was not the one that handed over to the present woman. But, No, Ribadun was not interested in such things. He has used the pretext of fighting corruption to get a name for himself and to hell with the rest.

The way he runs to court to seek for one injunction after the other reminds one of another fellow seeking to evade justice (Mr. Odili). That one also went to court to stop EFCC from arresting him. Fundamental Human rights that Ribadun denied others is what he is praying the courts to help him enforce! Yeyenatu.

[salstep]

RULE OF LAW MY NYANSH


SOURCE


BREAKING NEWS: Nuhu Ribadu Dragged Out Of NIPSS Graduation Hall, wife and Children Removed.



The Yar’adua government acted on its threat to prevent the former Chairman of the economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu from graduating at Nigeria’s elite personnel training school, National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Jos, Plateau state.

Earlier today in the auditorium where the events held Ribadu was told to leave the venue of the event by the head of security of NIPSS, and was later dragged out by security agents acting on the orders of the government as he tried to ask why he was told to leave the venue.

The "Course 30" Study Group Director, Dr. Adamu Fika later told a bewildered audience that Ribadu could not participate due to "ill-health".

SaharaReporters learnt that the Nigeria’s controversial attorney General and Minister of justice, Mike Aondoakaa and a Deputy Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim visited the institution last night to pass on the order by Yar’adua not to allow Ribadu participate in today’s graduation ceremony.

After Ribadu was dragged out of the ceremony his wife, six kids and , 40 guests that came to attend the ceremony were also removed from the auditorium by security officials.
It was not clear if Ribadu was arrested after he was forced out of the venue, but a security source told SaharaReporters that he would likely be arrested and interrogated today...

[Namio]

None of those trying to nail Ribadu can point to a single individual they are ready vouch for as clean and innocent. All the blame is about the process of catching sharks in a bloody water called Nigeria.
Yeah sure, God will come down and save us.