James Ibori, the former Delta state governor, has replied to the ex-boss of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, over his claim that the ex-governor bribed him with $15m to stop the investigation into his activities, Daily Post reports.
The former chairman of the EFCC, in a recent interview, insisted that Ibori tried to bribe him with a bag of cash to sweep his case under the carpet.
Ibori in reaction to the claim through a statement by Tony Eluemunor, his media assistant, described Ribadu’s claim as horrible, revolting, nasty and totally untrue.
The statement reads: “As the Senate and some security agencies appear to be asking questions about some unwholesome events at the EFCC, including the mismanagement and criminal diversion of funds from the sale of confiscated properties into personal pockets, Ribadu may have a need to attempt to burnish his fading image, fearing the investigations may ask questions about events during his tenure.
But he should be told that lying, against even an enemy, just to gain some unearned applause and perhaps fence off some approaching investigation and image disaster, must have a limit.”
“This nonsensical statement has remained in the public domain only because some people have suspended their sense of disbelief and condemned themselves to every hogwash that Ribadu invents in the attempt spruce himself up in borrowed plums [sic].”
“It is on record that Ribadu has made at least five statements over this same claim, and no single one agreed with another. Also both Ibrahim Lamorde (the immediate past EFCC Chairman) and one James Garba, a CBN staff then seconded to the EFCC, made police statements which contradicted Ribadu’s,” the statement added.
Just last month, Strive Masiyiwa, the chairman of telecommunications company, Econet, described the former Delta state governor, and some other politicians as very corrupt.
In a series of expository Facebook posts, the Econet boss who is also the richest man in Zimbabwe narrated how the Nigerian politician who is presently serving jail term in UK allegedly demanded a $4.5 million bribe from him.
In 2012 Ibori was tried in the UK accused of stealing $250 million from the Nigerian public purse. He pleaded guilty to ten counts of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud, and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
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