Ribadu understands the system. As chairman of the EFCC, Ribadu was a member of the Joint Intelligence Board.
The JIB, domiciled in the office of the NSA, was the highest intelligence and security advisory body in the ONSA. Its membership included the intelligence agencies of the military, police and paramilitary agencies in the country. Besides the JIB, the EFCC was involved in intelligence activities in the financial sector, Niger Delta and oil institutions.
Educated zeal is paramount, and experience and competence matter. But since corruption has crept into all facets of life in the country and eaten into the best of brains and intentions, whenever there are a few good alternatives, the man who has shown the capacity to resist bribes, contract scams and compulsive acquisition of wealth should get the nod.
Nigeria’s counterterrorism efforts have suffered from a lack of imagination and innovation. The lifeline of most insurgencies is ideology and finance. But in Nigeria, analogue methods have been used in the digital era against elusive asymmetric opponents. Ribadu made the EFCC the cutting edge of criminal investigation in Nigeria. The job of the NSA requires mental acuity and analytical skills but more importantly, zeal. The NSA doesn’t do the job of a sniper or artillery soldier.
The idea that the National Security Advisor must be a serving or retired military general is an old wives’ tale. We borrowed the system from America. Some of the most notable NSAs the United States has produced include Henry Kissinger, Condoleezza Rice and Susan Rice, to mention a few. None of them was a military officer. They were all extremely intelligent and innovative individuals with diplomatic acumen and an exceeding passion for the security of their country.
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