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Al-Mustapha describes�EFCC, ICPC as��rabbits chasing lion��

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Aminu Imam

…Says EFCC, ICPC can�t fight corruption Hamza Al-Mustapha, presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), says the institutions established to tackle corruption in Nigeria is like asking a rabbit to oversee lions. Speaking in an interview yesterday during a television programme, Al-Mustapha, a former aide to the Late Sani Abacha, said if elected president, he will set up structures and relevant agencies to address corrupt practices. According to him, �In Nigeria, I believe the institutions primarily managing security, corruption issues in Nigeria are ill-equipped. They are too small; they are…

Embezzling Security Funds: Corruption by military responsible for worsening insecurity – ICPC

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, yesterday identified corruption by the military, the Police and civil servants as responsible for the worsening insecurity in the country. Speaking at a one-day �Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Insecurity in Nigeria� in Abuja, the ICPC Chairman said: �At face value, insecurity is seen to be, and is sometimes treated as a matter requiring only a military response or reaction, but an in-depth look into its possible root cause(s) shows that corruption is a…

Abuse of Defense Budget: ‘Investigate procurement procedures, contract awards from 2015’ – CSOs urge EFCC, ICPC�

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022 Aminu Imam

A coalition of 200 Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs), have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and other relevant law enforcement agencies to, as a matter of urgency, undertake a comprehensive investigation of Defence Budgets between 2015 and 2022. Specifically, the coalition wants focus to be on the procurement processes, contract awards, as well as welfare of personnel and staff. The anticipated probe, the group added, must include the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) as well as…

Alleged Corruption: ‘Probe, prosecute Buhari�s aide for taking N3m salaries after resignation’ – CSO urges ICPC

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Aminu Imam

A civil society organisation, (CSO), the Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the former Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, for receiving salaries to the tune of N3million after his resignation. Recall that Ahmad had thrown in the towel four months ago, but continued to receive salaries in full from the Federal Government for the months of May, June and July, 2022. According to records from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information…

Money laundering: ICPC investigates completed, unoccupied estates in Abuja, Lagos, P’Harcourt

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, (SAN) said the commission is set to investigate completed and uncompleted housing estates in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt. Owasanoye said the aim is to tackle money laundering and illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Nigeria. This was contained in his goodwill message at the 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference of the Association held in Enugu. The chairman, who was addressing the leadership of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), warned…

N1.8bn Loot: ‘Recall Buratai for investigation’, PDP tasks Buhari

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the recall and investigation of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), over the alleged recovery of N1.8 billion property in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC). Buratai, now Nigerian ambassador to Benin Republic, was named in connection with the recovered property. The Party, in an issued statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the ambassador�s immediate recall to clear his name over the…

ICPC clarifies on raiding Buratai�s property, seizure of cash, Rolex watches

June 25, 2022June 25, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has described as inaccurate reports that the commission raided a property allegedly belonging to former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai. This is contained in an issued statement yesterday, by the Spokesperson for the ICPC, Azuka Ogugua. �The attention of the commission has been drawn to some inaccurate and concocted reports in the media about the seizure of multibillion-naira cash, dollars, Rolex watches stockpiled in an Abuja property. �The commission wishes to state that ICPC operatives raided a property in…

PMB�s Presidential Pardon: ‘Morale now low in handling high-profile cases’ � EFCC, ICPC prosecutors

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Aminu Imam

Some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), handling high-profiled cases for the Commission in various courts have said their morale is becoming lower than before due to a recent presidential pardon. The operatives, who spoke anonymously in separate interviews, said their dampened morale was based on the recent presidential pardon granted to the former governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame respectively. Dariye and Nyame were jailed for embezzling N1.16bn and N1.6bn,…

“I share in President Buhari’s Vision of Creating Corrupt-Free Society”- Governor Inuwa Yahaya declares

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says “In Gombe, we are walking the talk and matching our words with action”�As Govt organizes Anti-corruption Summit for political office holders, senior civil servants From Umar Kaltungo Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, says he strongly shares in President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision of creating a corrupt-free society where the collective patrimony of the nation is judiciously utilized for the benefit of all. Governor Inuwa Yahaya gave this indication while declaring open a 3-day Anti-corruption capacity building workshop organized by the Gombe state government for public office holders in the…