Nigeria’s top anticorruption official, whose investigations have ensnared some of the country’s wealthiest politicians, is being sent to a yearlong course at a remote training institute, according to senior law enforcement officials, provoking criticism from many who described the move as an attempt to sideline him.
The official, Nuhu Ribadu, is a police investigator who has risen to become one of the most powerful and feared figures in Nigeria.
Late Thursday, the top police official, Mike Okiro, said the decision to send Mr. Ribadu to study for a year was not an effort to push him aside, but part of routine training for senior officers.
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