Mallam Nuhu Ribadu Comes for Okonjo-Iweala's rescue Over missing 30trn

 Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has pooh-poohed allegations by the former Central Bank governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo that N30 trillion was stolen under the watch of the coordinating Minister of the economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Ribadu spoke yesterday, in an interview in Abuja, pointing out that he was not only baffled but amused over the allegation, as he knew that Okonjo-Iweala was ‘’honest, reliable and of impeccable character.’’
His words: “I was baffled and got deluded for anyone to say that N30 trillion got lost, I think we just have to look at what we earn as a country and what our budget had been in these few years.
“We need to be careful to avoid more damage to our nation because there are certain things that when it comes out, it will never go back again.
“I challenge anybody to say that she stole N1 at that time, we were all there, I was in charge of EFCC and I want to hear anybody say that she did this and that.
“And I followed her up till now, I think it is somehow uncharitable for someone to come out to say that such an amount of money was missing under her watch.”

According to him, the minister exhibited a nationalistic attitude when they worked together in the economic team under Obasanjo, and believed in any policy that could take Nigeria and its people to higher levels.