A traditional ruler in Lagos community, High Chief Kehinde Kalejaiye, has urged the anti-graft commission, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) to beam its searchlight on petitions bordering on illegal property and wealth acquisitions by public and civil servants.
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Kalejaiye made the call while reacting to the recoveries and accomplishment by the Commission between January and August 2022, Legit.ng reports.
Kalejaiye urged ICPC to beam its searchlight on petitions against public and civil servants.
The Chairman of ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, during the defence of the Commission’s 2023 budget proposal in Abuja before the House of Representatives committees on anti-corruption and appropriation disclosed that 672 investigations were completed while 565 non-petition-led investigations and 15 convictions were secured amongst others.
Kalejaiye commended the ICPC Chairman for his dynamic and visionary leadership, especially for his anti-corruption drive at the agency.
He urged the Commission to speedily investigate other petitions before it, especially in the Lagos state office of the Commission.
https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1504935-kalejaiye-urges-icpc-speed-investigations-petitions-public-officers/
