Nuhu ribadu's decision to run for president against the ruling People's Democratic Party (pdp) in elections early next year is courageous. The pdp pretty much always wins. But Nigeria's former anti-corruption chief is used to tilting at windmills. As first head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, set up in 2003, he pursued politicians and civil servants who were embezzling the revenues of sub-Saharan Africa's largest oil producer. He did not make much of a dent but became a darling of Western aid donors.
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