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Nuhu Ribadu, the former Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, has declared that he will contest for president on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria..

Mr Ribadu stated this today at his campaign office in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He also announced that he will register with the ACN in his ward at Yola, the Adamawa State capital, "once the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) begins official party registrations." NEXT had exclusively reported, in July, that Mr Ribadu was likely to emerge the candidate of the ACN.

The party's national convention, to select its candidates for the various political offices ahead of the 2011 elections, is expected to commence next month. Mr Ribadu recently returned to the country from a self-imposed exile following his dismissal from the Nigerian Police Force, and arraignment before the Code of Tribunal for not declaring his assets while he was the chairman of the anti-corruption agency. The case has since being discontinued by the federal government; and the Police Force has also reversed his dismissal to retirement.