Ribadu Joins ACN
Former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC], Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has announced his membership of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
Ribadu told a news conference in Abuja that he decided to join the ACN because he is pleased with what is going on in Lagos and Edo states.
He described the two states as examples of democracy working in Nigeria.
He promised to travel to Yola, his home town to pick the membership card of the party to enable him run for the Presidency of the Country.
The retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police [AIG], had last week confirmed his intention to contest the presidency during an interview session with journalists in Abuja. But he kept his audience and Nigerians in suspense regarding the platformon which he wanted to contest the 2011 election.
In a letter to Nigerians titled, A New Nigeria: Our Time Is Now! Published as an advertorial in a national daily on Monday morning, Ribadu said: �with deep humility and a profound sense of responsibility, I am writing to inform you of my intention to join politics and seek your support to participate in the forthcoming general elections.�
With the ACN logo of a broom boldly displayed on the full page advert, Ribadu said he was contesting for the office of the President of Nigeria, this move equally laid to rest numerous speculations about Ribadu's affiliation to ACN.
The retired AIG declared that after 50 years of independence, the leaders have failed to deliver a nation that can make us proud, while most Nigerians are yet to appreciate the true meaning of independence or derive any benefits from it.
�The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Armed robbery and violent crimes are commonplace; honest hard work goes unrewarded,� Ribadu noted.
As a public officer who had served the country as a police officer, he said he believed he could fix Nigeria, fighting corruption as an official of the Federal Government and leading economic and political reform.
With the advertorial, Ribadu may have dispelled speculations over which political party platform he was planning to run for the office of President in 2011.
Because of his anti-corruption activities as chairman of EFCC against former Delta State Governor, Mr. James Ibori and others, the late President Umaru YarAdua's administration declared war on Ribadu. He was persecuted. Attempts were also made to prosecute him illegally.
He was demoted from AIG to Deputy Commissioner of Police, ACP. At the peak of the persecution, Ribadu was forced into exile. He lived overseas until YarAdua died and Goodluck Jonathan emerged as the president before he returned to the country.
The new leadership restored his rank of AIG and retired him immediately he returned home.
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