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Tension As ICPC Grills Agric Ministry Top Officials Over Fraud

OsunDailyBy OsunDailyAugust 14, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have reportedly arrested and interrogated about five senior officials in the Department of Farm Inputs Supports Services of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development over the alleged diversion of funds.

According to The PUNCH, the top officials were arrested around 9 am on Thursday in a sting operation which lasted for about one hour in their office on the 5th Floor, Bank of Agriculture Building, Central Business District in Garki, Abuja,

Operatives of the anti-graft agency detained four of the officials for five days before they were released. The director among them was said to have been released on health grounds.

The PUNCH learnt that the arrest had created tension among the staff of FISS and other parastatals in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A source said the investigation was connected with the diversion of funds meant for monitoring exercise and sensitization programmes, a situation thatย hampered the monitoring and evaluation of farm inputs.

It was learnt that over N200m was found in the bank account of one of the officials being grilled, while over N100m was found in the bank account of one of his children.

Also, over N250m cash was found in the Abuja house of one of the suspects.

An investigation by the ICPC detectives revealed an inflow of over N60m in six months into the bank account of one of the suspects.

The ICPC has also seized landed properties, including a bakery and one herbal hospital.

Speaking to the platform,ย the spokesperson for ICPC, Azuka Ogugua, said, โ€œWe donโ€™t give updates on our cases to journalists. We donโ€™t do media trials, that was why I didnโ€™t respond (to your several enquiries. How do you now expect me to start disclosing to you? It doesnโ€™t make sense. I canโ€™t tell you; that is wrong. Itโ€™s unethical. How can I be telling you the outcome of our investigation?

โ€œWhen the case goes to court, it will be in the public domain. There is nothing I can discuss. It will be tantamount to media trial.โ€


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