Former President Obasanjo claimed that he knew his former vice, Abubakar Atiku was corrupt, yet did nothing to indict and prosecute him despite swearing to uphold the constitution of Nigeria as chief executive of the nation.

Now, former EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu lambasts Okiro, and describes the ex-IGP as corrupt, “shameless liar’. If he was aware of the former IGP's corruption, how come he did nothing to indict and prosecute him?

Read the breaking story of Ribady/Okiri controversy:

"Former EFCC boss says Okiro is not only corrupt, but
a shameless liar.
The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has
described a former Inspector General of Police (IGP),
Mike Okiro, as a “shameless liar,” for denying that a
former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, helped
him to secure his appointment as the nation’s
number one cop.
Mr. Ribadu, in a statement by his media aide,
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, argued that “If Okiro is now
denying this in public, there is no way he can deny
this open secret to a number of people including an
influential governor from the North-Central then,
and a couple of other people who helped facilitate
his selection by Ibori.”
He said it was the same “shameless method of desperate lobbying” that the former IGP, whom he
described as “a chronic political jobber and
sycophant of the first order”, used in securing
appointments as Chief Security Officer to the
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, and later as Chairman of the Police Service
Commission, PSC.
The former EFCC boss, a retired Assistant Inspector
General of Police, AIG, had told a London court that
Mr. Ibori was instrumental to Mr. Okiro’s
appointment as IGP, a claim Mr. Okiro debunked,
accusing the former EFCC boss of falsehood.
Mr. Ribadu said his attention was “drawn to the
shameless lies a former Inspector General of Police,
Mr. Mike Okiro recklessly spewed to the media
yesterday.
“The cause of Mr. Okiro’s anger, the statement, in a
London court, by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu that James
Ibori was instrumental to his emergence as the
Inspector General of Police (IGP) needs no further
equivocation as it was an open secret to everybody
in the government circle then.”
On the allegation that he (Ribadu) wanted to be the
IGP, Mr. Ribadu, said it was a proof that Mr. Okiro
was a perennial peddler of falsehood.
According to the statement, the former EFCC
chairman’s focus then, was consolidating on his
efforts at the Commission, especially at a time he
was working on high-profile cases, including that of
Mr. Ibori.
It said, “The assertion by Okiro that Ribadu wanted
to be the IGP further underlines the former IGP as a
perennial peddler of falsehood. The truth is Nuhu
Ribadu’s focus then was consolidating on his
modest efforts at the EFCC, especially at a time
when he was working on high-profile cases,
including that of Okiro’s godfather, James Ibori.
“We therefore challenge Okiro to name those
people he called Ribadu’s friends that narrated the
fictitious story of Ribadu’s interest in becoming the
IGP to him,” he said.
According to the statement, Mr. Ribadu regretted
that the former IGP, attempted to rewrite the well-
known and widely documented assassination
attempts on him (Ribadu), saying he (Okiro) was
now trying to paint himself in another colour after
all the scheming he orchestrated.
“The highest distortion in Okiro’s statement,
however, is his attempt to rewrite the well-known
and widely documented assassination attempts on
the former EFCC chairman, and Okiro’s hands in it
all. It is ridiculous that Okiro is now desperately
trying to paint himself in another colour after all the
schemings he orchestrated.
“It beats our imagination that Okiro would want a
Nuhu Ribadu he was fighting to destroy to report
those incidences to him. It would have been a case
of having a culprit to be a judge in his own case.
“At the time, the trio of Michael Aondoakaa, the
former Attorney General of the Federation, Okiro
and Mrs. Farida Waziri, the former EFCC chairman,
had created a hell out of the world for Ribadu.
“The only sensible thing to do was to avoid these
characters and seek solace somewhere else. This
notwithstanding, it is a blatant lie that Okiro
telephoned Ribadu “several times” but that he did
not answer his calls.
“What Ribadu and other Nigerians easily recall was
an elated Okiro rushing to address the press to deny
something he knew nothing about. The bullet-
riddled car Ribadu drove during that unfortunate life
threatening incident is still there, if Okiro or any
other person would want a further proof.”
On the issue of the withdrawal of Mr. Ribadu’s
personal security, the statement said, “If Okiro is
suffering from selective amnesia, let him be
reminded that that was exactly what he did.
“He also redeployed Ibrahim Lamorde out of the
EFCC to Bauchi State Police Command as Area
Commander in Ningi. He did the same thing to other
top EFCC operatives that Nigeria spent a fortune to
train as investigators. One of them suspected to be
too close to Mr. Ribadu was even locked up for
months,” the statement added."