ICPC recovers N53m from a suspect who allegedly diverted N103m meant for three Federal Government colleges

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices,

ICPC and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr.

Ekpo Nta, said while the commission had

recovered N53m from a suspect who allegedly

diverted N103m meant for three Federal

Government colleges, he would remain in the

commission's custody till the recovery of the

balance.

The ICPC boss said the commission had recorded

successes in the fight against corruption,

starting with the recovery of assets seized from

officials of government who he said were being

investigated for living above their means.

Nta said, "We just returned close to N1bn

to the Federal Ministry of Environment and

N53m to three colleges in Ogun State.

"An official in the ministry took the money

and lodged it into a dedicated account.

We tracked it and recovered the money.

The N53m we just returned to the schools

was recovered from a Federal Pay Officer

in Ogun State.

"The man is currently in custody and we

will keep him there so that we will be able

to recover the entire N103m that he took.

He has been disposing of his properties to

ensure that he pays up.

"The sum of N103m taken by the Federal

Pay Officer was meant for feeding of

students in those schools. These are what

we have been doing to return integrity to

the society.