Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, was in 2003 appointed as the pioneer Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC; he was then an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP. Born on November 21, 1960, in Adamawa State,

Ribadu studied law at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State, from 1980 to 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Laws Degree. Following a year at the Nigerian Law School, he was called to the bar in 1984. He also earned a Master of Laws Degree from the same university. He is a TED Fellow and a Senior Fellow in St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, was in 2003 appointed as the pioneer Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC; he was then an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP. Born on November 21, 1960, in Adamawa State, Ribadu studied law at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State, from 1980 to 1983, receiving a Bachelor of Laws Degree. Following a year at the Nigerian Law School, he was called to the bar in 1984. He also earned a Master of Laws Degree from the same university. He is a TED Fellow and a Senior Fellow in St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK.

One remarkable case successfully prosecuted by Ribadu was that of his boss, the then Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Tafa Balogun, who was convicted, jailed and made to return about £150 million under a plea bargain arrangement.

Other achievements of Ribadu in the Commission included the de-listing of Nigeria from the FATF List of Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories, admission into the prestigious Egmont Group and the withdrawal of the US Treasury FINCEN Advisory on Nigeria. These achievements helped make the EFCC the foremost Anti-Corruption Enforcement Agency on the continent. Ribadu was replaced in 2007 by Mrs. Farida Waziri, AIG, (Retd).