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ICPC confiscates 62 houses from civil servant

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says it has consficated 62 houses belonging to one female public officer.

According to the commission’s chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, the matter is in court, and the properties will be permanently taken over by the Federal Government once litigation is concluded.

He made the revelation on Tuesday while speaking to newsmen during the Akwa Ibom Anti-Corruption Summit in Uyo.

He spoke on the theme “Transparency and Accountability: A Panacea for Good Governance and Sustainable Development”.

Hinting that the anti-corruption war has been yielded good results in the country he said, “The commission has a mandate to ask anybody to explain the source of his or her wealth. The commission has the power to issue an interim seizure order to any public officer to explain the source of their wealth.

“Through that order, the commission has seized 62 houses from one female officer, the matter is still in court and the property will be confiscated by the FG after litigation.”

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Nta who cautioned public office holders to desist from living above their incomes, further said that there are many facets of corruption in Nigeria but that ICPC will stop at nothing to ensure anyone found to have contravened the anti-corruption crusade are brought to book.

He also revealed that the commission had not long ago retrieved 40 vehicles stolen by some retired directors of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, cautioning those who belittle the fight against corruption to stop forthwith.

According to him, ICPC is currently prosecuting over 400 corruption cases in different courts in the country “and those found guilty at the end of the trial would be made to face the full wrath of the law,” Nta said.

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  1. Roland Uchendu Pele

    February 8, 2017 at 11:28 am

    “The commission has a mandate to ask anybody to explain the source of his or her wealth. The commission has the power to issue an interim seizure order to any public officer to explain the source of their wealth.”

    That’s what I thought too, until I realise the ICPC does not look into the cases of serving public officers. The corruption war is clearly one-sided.

  2. Johnson Amadi

    February 8, 2017 at 12:12 pm

    I think it is even corruption to have ICPC and EFCC. They are both performing the same functions, the federal government is spending more money running both commissions. The expenses would be lesser if we had one of the two.

  3. Animashaun Ayodeji

    February 8, 2017 at 12:28 pm

    Kudos to ICPC for fighting against corruption in the country. Who would have thought a civil servant can own 62 houses in a country where other civil servants are begging government to pay them. People are cruel

  4. seyi jelili

    February 8, 2017 at 12:29 pm

    Some people have no fear of God in them. Especially women are becoming extremely corrupt nowadays, see the case of patience and Diezeni, how can a public officer acquired 62 houses when she is not a politician.

    • yanju omotodun

      February 8, 2017 at 12:46 pm

      Why can’t she build 62 houses? Mind you, what if her husband is rich and her children are well to do, I know of a bricklayer who has 20 houses and a Tailor who has 15 houses. So having 62 houses is not a big deal as long it was not built or bought with ill gotten wealth.

      • Amarachi Okoye

        February 9, 2017 at 2:48 am

        Yes beside his the person sweat nobody help him when he was suffering now that the money has come the person is free to build as much as he or she can

  5. Balarabe musa

    February 8, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    This is the reason why efcc will always champion and overshadow icpc. Efcc will always mention the name of an alleged indicted person no matter how big he or she is. And if it were to be the efcc, they would give us the full details of the litigation. They should better scrap icpc to avoid wastage of resources.

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