by S’ola Filani

On Saturday, news broke out that the  former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, who had been a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) since 2011 when he ran as presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), had dumped the party in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to reports, Ribadu’s siblings registered for him at his Makama Ward in Yola South and sent the registration card to him in Abuja to enable him pick the PDP governorship form for the Adamawa State governorship election.

Well, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party says it was not aware yet that the former EFCC boss had defected to the party from the All Progressives Congress.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Ibrahim Jalo, said, “It is after the official defection that we can say whether he had moved or not and whether he will get waiver or not. Even at that, he has to ask for the waiver.”

However, prominent members of the PDP have taken to the various social media platforms to congratulate Ribadu.