Nuhu Ribadu, a retired police intelligence officer, has been named as the next National Security Adviser (NSA), succeeding Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd).
According to news reports, Ribadu was initially appointed as a Special Adviser on Security by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but his post was promoted to NSA yesterday.
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Nuhu Ribadu was born on November 21, 1960, in Yola, Adamawa State.
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From 1966 to 1973, he attended Aliyu Mustapha Primary School in Yola, and from 1973 to 1977, he attended Yelwa Government Secondary School in Yola. Mr Ribadu attended the College of Preliminary Studies, CPS, Yola, for his A-level studies between 1978 and 1980.
He was admitted to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, to study law in 1980, and graduated in 1983. In 1984, he graduated from the Nigerian Law School and was admitted to the bar. Following his national youth service, he joined the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Ribadu graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria with an LLM in jurisprudence of corruption in Nigeria. He attended Harvard Business School in 2008 for a program on the strategic administration of law enforcement institutions.
Ribadu’s sterling public service record and personal integrity made him a household figure in Nigeria and beyond. Ribadu has created a niche for himself as an educated lawyer and fearless crime fighter, who is patriotic, passionate, honest, courageous and compassionate.
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He is the founding Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the government commission responsible with combating corruption and fraud, which he literally converted into one of the most effective and well-known anti-corruption agencies in contemporary history. His main contribution to the anti-corruption effort, however, was his altruism, resilience, and exemplary behavior in his valiant fight against the cankerworm.
Mr Ribadu worked tirelessly to clean up the Augean stable that had been soiled by graft and fraud, according to Premium Times.
Despite temptation, booby traps, and life threats, he bravely prosecuted hundreds of fraudsters, scores of high-profile looters, and economic saboteurs.
Under his direction, the EFCC created the now-famous Crimes Training and Research Institute in West Africa in three years. Under his command, the agency also recorded over 200 criminal convictions.
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In recognition of his exceptional accomplishments, Mr Ribadu was promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in March 2007. The African Union (AU) appointed him to its anti-corruption advisory council, and he was invited to join the Friends of the World Bank/UNODC program on Stolen Asset Recovery.
Ribadu has received numerous awards for his work as a police officer, prosecutor, and EFCC chairman. He earned the Inspector General of Police Awards in 1997, 1998, and 2000, as well as the President’s Special Commendation in 2005, for successfully prosecuting multiple advanced fee fraud cases, banking fraud, and other economic crimes. He was also singled out by the Federation’s Accountant General for successfully prosecuting certain corrupt public workers in 1999.
Since 2004, prominent Nigerian publications and magazines have named Mr Ribadu Man of the Year in appreciation of his extraordinary achievements as a dedicated crusader against corruption and other related crimes.
Ribadu graduated from the Nigeria Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies’ senior management programme in 2008 and was awarded Membership of the National Institute, MNI. Mr Ribadu was awarded the Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) degree by Babcock University in Ogun State in June 2010 in recognition of his “resolute courage” and “fierce stance against corruption in the face of sponsored disgrace and certain death, which has resulted in positive changes and global acclaim previously thought impossible.”
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In 2012, Ribadu quit a United Nations post in Afghanistan to conduct a special investigation into the government’s earnings from the oil sector, an assignment he performed with trademark zeal and dexterity, producing a report that has since become a standard reference point on reforming Nigeria’s oil industry.
Mr Ribadu has been active in politics since 2010 in his pursuit of a higher call to service. He was named NSA today, June 19, 2023, just days after being chosen the president’s security adviser.
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