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National Security Adviser· 2023 — sitting

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu

Pioneer chair of the EFCC (2003–07); 2011 ACN presidential candidate. Sitting NSA under Tinubu.

The record

Nuhu Ribadu (b. 1960), Assistant Commissioner of Police and lawyer, was the pioneer Executive Chairman of the EFCC from 2003 to 2007. He was the ACN presidential candidate in 2011 and was appointed Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Revenue in 2012. Appointed National Security Adviser on 21 June 2023.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.