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| Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (Photo credit: http://yasirramadangwale.blogspot.com) |
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, decided to join the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) because he felt like an “orphan” in the All Progressives Congress
(APC), confidants of the retired police officer have told TheCable.
The former anti-graft czar complained to friends
privately that the impeachment of Vice Admiral Murtala Nyako as governor had
effectively destroyed Adamawa APC as all key politicians had defected to PDP,
leaving Ribadu and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the only big names
in the opposition party.
“Earlier, Ribadu had been advised by Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande to go for governorship in Adamawa ─ a clear
message that he should not give the presidential ticket a shot again,” a Ribadu
associate told The Cable.
This,
the source said, was a clear pointer to the fact that Ribadu was no longer
“highly regarded by the APC hierarchy at the national level”.
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