THE AFRICA REPORT
After surviving two assassination attempts and seeking political office unsuccessfully for 12 years, Nuhu Ribadu has finally been appointed as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA). What does his appointment mean for a country battling terrorism and other violent crimes?
In late September 2008, just months after his controversial removal as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu was returning to Jos from Abuja where he had gone to celebrate the Sallah holidays when armed men shot at his silver-coloured Honda Accord.
“I saw a pistol and the next thing was gunshots,” he recalled.
The bullets hit the windshield but could not penetrate the bulletproof car. Ribadu later parked the 2007 Honda Accord in his Abuja home as memorabilia.
