The Nigerian government on Wednesday dropped criminal charges against the oil-rich nation's former anti-corruption czar, potentially allowing him to return home from a self-imposed exile.
Nuhu Ribadu, the one-time chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, fled Nigeria in 2008 after he received death threats and survived a drive-by shooting, his lawyer Femi Falana said. The government later filed charges against Ribadu before the nation's Code of Conduct Tribunal over him allegedly failing to declare his financial assets while serving as the anti-corruption agency's leader.
Falana said Ribadu properly filed his asset declaration, something …
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