ICPC Declares Obono-Obla Wanted

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared Okoi Obono-Obla, former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) wanted.

In a statement issued by the commission’s spokesperson Rasheedat  Okoduwa, on Tuesday, ICPC says the action is necessitated by the continuous failure of  Obolo-Obla to appear before the commission  to answer questions bordering on allegations of fraud , corruption abuse of office, and falsification of records.

Obono-Obla is also facing allegations of working outside the guidelines governing the panel by investigating unauthorized petitions and prosecuting suspects without recourse to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.

ICPC says it had conducted series of investigations on the allegations with preliminary findings showing that some provisions of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and extant laws of Nigeria had been violated by Obono-Obla who left the country in August and has not returned since then.