The lonely fight against Nigerian corruption
Nigeria's top corruption fighter is forced to take a year's sabbatical: Nuhu Ribadu, who has spearheaded Nigeria's attempts to combat financial crime, is involved in the prosecution of seven former state governors…Nigeria's police chief Mike Okiro called a press conference to say there were no ulterior motives behind the move, and that Mr Ribadu had ...
Nigeria's top corruption fighter is forced to take a year's sabbatical:
Nigeria's top corruption fighter is forced to take a year's sabbatical:
Nuhu Ribadu, who has spearheaded Nigeria's attempts to combat financial crime, is involved in the prosecution of seven former state governors…Nigeria's police chief Mike Okiro called a press conference to say there were no ulterior motives behind the move, and that Mr Ribadu had been ordered to attend a one-year policy and strategic studies course in central Nigeria.
A government official says the course will "make him a better officer." The man was clearly in need of some reeducation.
David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist
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