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The Independent Corrupt
Practices and other related offences Commission has set up a task force to probe
eight former governors. A top operative of the commission, who confided in our
correspondent on Wednesday, said that the task force was set up following
petitions written against the former governors. It was learnt that top
operatives of the commission working in the task force had been dispatched to
the states to carry out the probe of the affected former governors.
A
top operative of the commission said that the former governors were Alhaji
Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State; Chief Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Alhaji Ibrahim
Shema of Katsina and Sullivan Chime of Enugu State. The
source said that the other four were on the waiting list.
The
former governors on the waiting list, according to the source are, Mr. Raji
Fashola of Lagos State, Godswiil Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, Martin Elechi of
Ebonyi State and Alhaji Sule Lamido of Jigawa State.
The Punch report continues:
The
source said that the ICPC was not considering political parties or association
in its response to allegations of corruption made against the affected personalities
in the petition.
The
source said, “It is true that we are going after eight former governors. The
investigation against four of the former governors of Rivers, Katsina, Kano and
Enugu has commenced.
“However,
the commission has listed four other former governors who are on the waiting
list because of petitions against them. They are the immediate past governors
of Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Jigawa States.
“A
Special Task Force was set up by the Chairman of the commission last week to
coordinate the investigation in the states. So we are reopening the petitions
through the Chairman of the Special Task Force.”
The
probe is coming on the heels of a recent move by the ICPC to move 47 crack
detectives to the states and the zones to strengthen them in the fight against
graft in the society.
The
Resident Consultant, Media and Events, of the ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, refused
to comment on the story when contacted.
None of the ex-governors
was available for comment on the probe.
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