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.