A former inmate of Kirikiri Prison and one time national vice Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George has said that former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu was aware that his trial and conviction were illegal.
The former Board Chairman of the NPA said his trial and conviction were meant to expunge him from the Southwest political scene and the country at large.
George stated this while speaking to newsmen after a thanksgiving church service to celebrate the Supreme Court judgment that quashed the lower courts’ guilty verdict over his alleged contracts splitting case.
According to him, former EFCC chairman, Farida Waziri, however, tried him in court, in spite of the fact that there was an advice against his arraignment in court by a legal officer of the Commission.
His words, “Even Nuhu Ribadu in his heyday at the EFCC boldly stated that whatever problem was at the NPA was a systemic issue and not of fraud.
“He advised that those who had political issues with Bode George should go and sort it out with him,” he added.
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