Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission, Mr.
Ekpo Nta.

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The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices
and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr.
Ekpo Nta, has said that fight against corrupt
persons in the country must be neutral and not
be turned into a tribal battle.
He said this during the 2013 international anti-
corruption day lecture organised by the ICPC
for non-governmental organisations,
government officials, youth-based and anti-
graft groups on Monday in Lagos.
The ICPC boss, who was represented by the
commission’s head of operations in Lagos, Mr.
Shitema Binga, said despite repeated avowals
of self-righteousness in public lives, there were
still proven incidences and allegations of brazen
fraud and stealing in different quarters.
He said, “Corruption should not be trivialised,
even where the offender shamelessly boasts
and launders his loot on supposedly legal
ventures or charities. Its arrest and trial also
must not be labeled selective prosecution or
tribal cleansing when one’s relative or friend or
colleague is indicted as is touted by some
quarters.
“We cannot claim to be wise or satisfied as
spectators while certain unscrupulous persons
pillage and loot our resources in every guise. I
always consider it most grievous for any person
to withdraw to silence, indifference or outright
resignation to incidences of corruption and
related offences.
“Imperfection, indiscretion and pilfering are no
excuse even if served in intangible doses in our
public lives. A truly honest Nigerian cannot be
neutral in such an endeavour. It is therefore
necessary to check and scrutinise ourselves to
determine our incorruptible, and our
commitment to remain so.”
President of Association for Eradication of
Corruption in Nigerians, Mrs. Simbiat
Agbalajobi, while speaking on ‘Role of the
individual in the fight against corruption’,
faulted Nigerians, including religious leaders,
for the spread of corruption.


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