ICPC probes Fashola, Amaechi, Akpabio, others

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 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.