The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission disclosed it has started taking into custody civil servants who live beyond their earnings, and that it has seized 61 houses from a single female public servant.
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, made this known on Friday while addressing participants of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies at the Abuja headquarters of the agency.
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, made this known on Friday while addressing participants of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies at the Abuja headquarters of the agency.
He said that the commission had begun prosecuting public servants that live beyond their earnings.
“From one of the employees of one of the ministries, we seized about 61 or 62 houses in an estate from one single person. The matter is in court so I can’t say too much but I want to say that the officer was not a man.
“We do prosecution but also try to seize the assets acquired through corrupt means so that apart from prosecution, we can strip them of the assets within and outside the country.”
He added that once the 2016 Budget is passed, the ICPC would follow every event on how monies will be spent.
“From one of the employees of one of the ministries, we seized about 61 or 62 houses in an estate from one single person. The matter is in court so I can’t say too much but I want to say that the officer was not a man.
“We do prosecution but also try to seize the assets acquired through corrupt means so that apart from prosecution, we can strip them of the assets within and outside the country.”
He added that once the 2016 Budget is passed, the ICPC would follow every event on how monies will be spent.
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