{"id":3316,"date":"2020-07-17T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=3316"},"modified":"2020-07-17T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:14:00","slug":"dont-appoint-me-efcc-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=3316","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Appoint Me EFCC Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Appoint me as EFCC chairman. Don&#8217;t even think about it! My reason is that all the past chairmen were hounded and or disgraced out of office. Take a look, sir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. NUHU RIBADU:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first chairman of EFCC was appointed in 2006 by President Obasanjo, and he was sacked by the next President, Umaru Musa Yar&#8217;Adua, in December 2007. Soon afterward he was dismissed from the police force for &#8220;indiscipline, insurbordination and absence from duty&#8221;. To further disgrace him, Ribadu was nominated together with five other police officers and sent on senior executive course at NIPSS, Kuru, Jos. While on course, he was demoted to the rank of DCP. The Police Service Commission (PSC) said the act of misconduct levelled against him was &#8220;improper dressing&#8221; when he appeared before the President in plain clothes at NIPSS on 13th November, 2008 where others were &#8220;properly dressed&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then he was accused of instituting legal proceedings against his boss, the Inspector-General of Police; the Attorney-General and the PSC at a Federal High Court in Lagos, &#8220;without proper authority from government&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ribadu was also accused of &#8220;flagrantly disobeying the order and directive of the IG&#8221; to report to the Force Headquarters on 24th November, along with his NIPSS course mates, at the completion of their studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, he was said to have disregarded his posting order and refused to proceed on transfer when he was posted to Benin City as deputy commissioner of police in charge of administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir, recall that following this chain of events, including two assassination attempts, the man had to flee the country for the United Kingdom in early 2009 and lived in exile. He was there until it was clear to him that the Jonathan Administration would not harm him, before he returned home and launched an unsuccessful career in politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. FARIDA WAZIRI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was appointed to replace Ribadu as chairman of EFCC by President Yar&#8217;Adua in May 2008. Three and a half years later, she was sacked by the next President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on 23rd November, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodluck Jonathan said her removal was &#8220;in the interest of the nation&#8221; but insisted that he was obliged to keep the details a \u201cstate secret.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Mrs Waziri, in her book, \u2018Farida Waziri: One Step Ahead\u2019, says Jonathan fired her for probing oil racketeers and that she was victimised for refusing to contribute money for his election in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. IBRAHIM LAMORDE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third EFCC chairman was appointed by Jonathan but was bundled out by the next President, Muhammadu Buhari, over allegations that he laundered $5 billion in funds which were recovered from corrupt persons by the EFCC. At the time of his sack, a Senate committee was investigating charges that assets and cash recovered by the agency were diverted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He denied the charge, saying it was a smear campaign, as the EFCC was prosecuting the man making the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. IBRAHIM MAGU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was President Buhari who appointed the fourth EFCC chairman, and the same Buhari removed him over similar allegations made against Lamorde, i.e. diversion (I&#8217;ll call it refilpering) of recovered looted assets. Magu has denied the charge, and the drama is still playing out. No one knows exactly where it will end as he fights dirty with the Attorney-General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottomline is that there seems to be something about that office of EFCC chairman. In Hausa, the appropriate phrase that describes it is: &#8220;kamar dai ba a gamawa lafiya a wanga ofis&#8221;. Is it jinxed? Or is it simply a question of the &#8220;Nigerian factor&#8221;? I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, I wish the current acting chairman, Mohammed Umar, good luck as he wades through the EFCC waves. He was a year ahead of me at the Department of Mass Communication, BUK, and he has always been a good man. I pray the Senate will confirm his appointment when the President nominates him. Above all, I pray that the next President (it is always the NEXT President!) allows him to go home in one piece, with his integrity intact and unsoiled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_3316\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"3316\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ibrahimsheme.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appoint me as EFCC chairman. Don&#8217;t even think about it! My reason is that all the past chairmen were hounded and or disgraced out of office. Take a look, sir. 1. 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