Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday said he joined the Nigeria Police Force to help fight injustice and stand for common men.
He said he had no regret joining the force where he retired as an Assistant Inspector General of Police (ASP).
He spoke in a monitored interview with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America (VOA) in Kaduna.
Ribadu dispelled the wide spread belief that a former Defence Minister in the old northern regional government, Mallam Mahmud Ribadu was his biological father.
He noted that even though they were from the same family, the former Defence Minister was never his father.
He biological father, he pointed out, was also a minister, an Ambassador and an Education office in the defunct Northern Nigeria.
He declined comments on how he left the country when the Yar’Adua’s government went after him.
He said he does not like discussing the issue.
“I don’t like discussing such, it is a thing of the past, all I know is that I was away for about 2 years and I thank Almighty Allah that I am back to my country,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, Ribadu, will spend two hours speaking with young people in Kano today.
A release by Team Ribadu’s Director of Communication, Adeshola Komolafe, said the forum Tagged Youth Ngage, is organised by Team Ribadu, the volunteer arm of the presidential bid.
It reads:”The young people of Kano demanded for an interaction with Mallam Ribadu and we were powerless to refuse them. They wanted a chance to interact with this young man they love so much and we (Team Ribadu) had to find the resources to put it together.”
“We, the youth, see him as our ambassador, friend and colleague. He obliges us every time we reach out to him, despite his very busy schedule.
‘’No other president candidate has spoken to the youth on burning issues like Mallam Ribadu has. No wonder the youth are giving all they have to support his aspiration.”
The event takes place at the Mambbya House, Kano.
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