Mr. Nta Expo, Chairman of the
Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, may
have been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.
An ICPC source, yesterday,said that a letter from the office of the Secretary
to the Government of the Federation, SGF, informed Mr. Expo that he should
proceed on compulsory leave beginning from today, October 26.
The source said that the Chairman
had earlier received two letters from the office of the SGF, informing him to
proceed on compulsory leave, which he allegedly ignored.
Mr. Nta was appointed by President
Jonathan in acting capacity in 2011 and was confirmed a year after by the
Senate. It was gathered that at a meeting with President Buhari earlier this
year, Expo had argued that his tenure would end on November 17, 2017, to which
the President allegedly retorted that by his records, the tenure of the ICPC
head ends on November 17, 2016.
It was gathered that the Chairman
plans to formally inform staff of the commission about his formal exit this
morning. Although no reason was given for the abrupt sack of the ICPC boss, it
was gathered that his handling of corruption cases against former governors may
have nailed him.
Source:Vanguard
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