Read Ibori’s Response To Ribadu’s $15m Bribe Claim

Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Delta state governor, has replied the ex-boss of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on his famous claim that he bribed him with $15m to stop his investigation.

The former chairman of EFCC, in a recent interview, insisted that Ibori pressurized him with several billions 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.”

“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.

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.

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