Posted by Lanre Adewole, Abuja on
The ‘prize' of the most corrupt man in the world has been awarded to a Nigerian - late General Sani Abacha.
The ‘prize' of the most corrupt man in the world has been awarded to a Nigerian - late General Sani Abacha.
Just last week, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, told the Senate that he had the information that a Nigerian had been adjudged the world's most corrupt man.
He, however, refused to disclose the name of this ‘prestigious' Nigerian despite being pressurised to do so.
But Ribadu, at a forum in Abuja yesterday, revealed that late General Sani Abacha, who ruled Nigeria from 1993 to 1998, was actually the world's most corrupt man.
He was followed closely, according to Ribadu, by the former dictator of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Mobutu Sese Seko.
'The world record holder on looting is Abacha followed by Mobutu Sese Seko", Mallam Ribadu told participants at the 'Fix Nigeria" project seminar organised by the EFCC in Abuja yesterday.