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ICPC returns looted N980m

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The war on the anti-corruption is definitely producing results as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday returned looted funds of about N980.2million to the Ministry of Environment and three Federal Government Colleges.

The amount included the stolen N924million voted for the Great Green Wall to fight desertification in 11 states and N56, 211,086.23 diverted votes for the feeding of students in Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Shagamu, Federal Government College, Odogbolu and the Federal Science Technical College, Ijebu-Imushin.

Read also: ICPC hunts civil servant over N36.2 m fraud

Ekpo Nta, the Chairman of ICPC, said “the funds were returned pursuant to court orders.”

He said ICPC is still tracking and investigating the movement of another N468, 794,613.79.

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