Prof. Owasanoye made this known during the visit of council members of the African Bar Association (AFBA) led by its President, Hanniba Uwaifo to the corporate headquarters of the ICPC recently.
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The UBEC Head of Public Relations and Protocol, David Apeh, and made this known in statement to newsmen on Monday, in Abuja.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), arraigned Awudu on Monday before Olusegun Adeniyi, judge, on a 22-count charge of fraud.
The absence of Awudu and his counsel in court last Monday had stalled proceedings in the case.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who granted Ojerinde’s prayer after taking the arguments of counsel for the parties in the matter, said one of the sureties must be a professor in a federal university.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu declined the oral application for bail by counsel to the defendant, P.O Olorunishola, SAN, after the ICPC lawyer, Ebenezer Shogunle, opposed the submission.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu fixed the date on Monday, after counsel to the ICPC, Ebenezer Shogunle, disagreed with the terms of the plea bargain application the defence counsel, P.A.O. Olorunnisola, SAN, had planned to file before the court.
Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), organisers of the event, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.
Justice Angella Otaluka convicted Lawan on the three-count charge on which he was tried by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).
The commission, in five counts brought before Honourable Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 26, sitting in Nyanya, Abuja told the court how the accused person conspired with one Obikwelu Emmanuela Odinaka, a staff of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is now deceased, to dishonestly obtain an official passport number F00035510 from the Nigeria Immigration Service.
The former FIIRO Acting Director was caught in a web of dirty scam after submitting a Ph.D certificate that was later discovered to be false.
The awardees, who had successfully undergone a two weeks training held in two batches between July 2019 and October 2019 in Lagos by the National Crime Agency, the United kingdom’s lead agency against organised crime; human, weapon and drug trafficking; cybercrime; and economic crime that transcends regional and international borders, were presented with certificates at ICPC Headquarters, Abuja.
The team, made up of officers of ICPC, NSC, NPA and the Directorate of State Services (DSS), was charged with the primary duty of ensuring that standard procedures were followed in carrying out transactions at the ports.
The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, during a meeting with the Chairman and Board members of the CCB, observed that the secrecy that surrounds asset declarations by public and civil servants was aiding corruption.
Its Commissioner in the state, Malam Shehu Yahaya, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Kaduna that the Commission investigated about seven of the petitions successfully.
Governor Seyi Makinde made the disclosure in Ibadan on Tuesday during a training workshop organised for board members, management and members of staff of the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA).
At the conference held in Abuja, the professional groups committed to collaborating with anti-corruption institutions and civil society working on anti-corruption.
The ICPC boss also disclosed that the Federal Government of Nigeria was currently reviewing legacy transactions in oil and gas, tax investments and the use of waivers in Nigeria in order to curb IFFs.
Malami, who spoke at the International Conference on IFFs and Asset Recovery organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, also disclosed that over $700 million stolen funds from Nigeria has been returned to the country in the last four years.
The Director of Public Enlightenment and Education of the Commission, Muhammed Ashiru Baba, gave this pledge while speaking during a meeting with the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and other stakeholders in the state’s education sector.