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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other
related offences Commission has set up a task force to probe eight former
governors.
A top operative of the commission, who confided
in our correspondent on Wednesday, said that the task force was set up
following petitions written against the former governors.
It was learnt that top operatives of the
commission working in the task force had been dispatched to the states to carry
out the probe of the affected former governors.
A top operative of the commission said that the
former governors were Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State; Chief Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema of Katsina and Sullivan Chime of Enugu
State.
The source said that the other four were on the
waiting list.
The former governors on the waiting list,
according to the source are, Mr. Raji Fashola of Lagos State, Godswiil Akpabio
of Akwa Ibom State, Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State and Alhaji Sule Lamido of
Jigawa State.
The source said that the ICPC was not considering
political parties or association in its response to allegations of corruption
made against the affected personalities in the petition.
The source said, “It is true that we are going
after eight former governors. The investigation against four of the former
governors of Rivers, Katsina, Kano and Enugu has commenced.
“However, the commission has listed four other
former governors who are on the waiting list because of petitions against them.
They are the immediate past governors of Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Jigawa
States.
“A Special Task Force was set up by the Chairman
of the commission last week to coordinate the investigation in the states. So
we are reopening the petitions through the Chairman of the Special Task Force.”
The probe is coming on the heels of a recent move
by the ICPC to move 47 crack detectives to the states and the zones to
strengthen them in the fight against graft in the society.
The Resident Consultant, Media and Events, of the
ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, refused to comment on the story when contacted.
None of the ex-governors was available for
comment on the probe
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