A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Adamawa State.
Mr. Ribadu was the presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in 2011 and joins the PDP from the All Progressives Congress.
A member of the executive committee of the PDP in in Bako, Mr. Ribadu’s ward in Yola South Local Government Area, informed PREMIUM TIMES that the anti-corruption chief has been registered as a member of the party.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the PDP leadership led by the party’s national chairman, Adamu Muazu, mounted pressure on Mr. Ribadu to join the party and be its candidate for the October 11 governorship election in Adamawa.
Mr. Ribadu is yet to publicly declare for the PDP although he has not refuted any of the reports linking him to the party.
