The new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, has officially assumed office as the fifth substantive chairman of the commission.
Dr. Aliyu, arrived at the commission about 2:30 pm, after being sworn in earlier in the day by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the chamber of the State House.
Speaking during his inaugural meeting with members of management staff, Dr. Aliyu thanked President Tinubu for finding him worthy of the position, stating that though the task ahead of him may be challenging, with the support of the management and the entire staff of ICPC, a lot of successes will be recorded under his watch.
The new ICPC boss promised to be a humble and listening leader who would be ready to consult and position himself to lead from the front.
“I want to assure you that you will find in me a leader who is humble and ready to listen to you. I am ready to work with you as a team. I am also promising you that I will lead by example.
“I know that leadership is a burden but once we are united, there is no amount of challenge that we will not surmount. I know that you too would be open to working with me because I cannot do this work alone. I will always consult and we will do everything together,” he stated.
Aliyu, who hails from Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State, bagged his law degree from Bayero University, Kano, in 2003 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2004. He also obtained his Master of Law (LLM) in Islamic Law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 2011.
The new ICPC boss also obtained a PhD degree in 2019 at the School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, in Constitutional Law with a specialisation in Appointment and Discipline of Judicial Officers in Nigeria.
President Tinubu had, on October 17, 2023, appointed Dr Aliyu as the chairman of ICPC, after which he was screened by the Senate.
Dr Aliyu takes over from Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, who has been on a three-month pre-end of tenure leave, which is expected to terminate on February 4, 2024.
