Two new nominees to the reconstituted board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), said to be under investigation will be dropped.
According to Daily Trust on Sunday, a government official, who preferred anonymity, disclosed this in a text message to State House correspondents on Saturday.
The official said the nominees, Sa’ad Alanamu and Maimuna Aliyu, who are among those appointed Tuesday by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to the ICPC board, would be dropped.
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 on Saturday.
Alanamu and Aliyu were nominated alongside Grace Chinda, Okolo Titus, Obiora Igwedebia, Olubukola Balogun, Sam Ewang, Justice Adamu Bello.
Others are Hannatu Mohammed, Abdullahi Saidu, Yahaya Daud and Khamis Mailantarki as members of the ICPC board; and Prof. Musa Usman Abubakar as secretary.
