Two new nominees to the
reconstituted board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission, said to be under investigation will be dropped.
A government official, who
preferred anonymity, disclosed this in a text message to State House
correspondents yesterday.
The official said the
nominees, Mr. Sa’ad Alanamu and Ms. Maimuna Aliyu, who are among those
appointed Tuesday by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to the ICPC board, would be
dropped.
The International Centre for
Investigative Reporting had on Friday reported that Aliyu, a former Executive
Director at Aso Savings and Loans, was being investigated for allegedly
stealing and diverting public funds and that charges were being drawn up
against her by the ICPC before the appointment.
Alanamu was reported to have
been under investigation for, among other allegations, bribery during his
tenure as chairman of the Kwara State College of Education.
“The two ICPC nominated
commissioners reported to be under investigation will be stepping down and
won’t be members of the commission,” the official said yesterday.
Osinbajo had on Tuesday
named a new chairman and board members of the commission. He redeployed the
commission’s chairman, Ekpo Nta, to the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages
Commission and replaced him with Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye.
Alanamu and Aliyu were
nominated alongside Grace Chinda, Okolo Titus M., Obiora Igwedebia, Olubukola
Balogun, Sam Ewang, Justice Adamu Bello, Hannatu Mohammed, Abdullahi Maikano
Saidu, Sa’ad Alanamu, Yahaya Umar Daud, Khamis Mailantarki and Maimuna Aliyu as
members of the ICPC board; and Prof. Musa Usman Abubakar as secretary.
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