Corruption: ICPC Directs Okiro to Refund N133m
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| Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro |
The Independent Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has directed the Chairman,
Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro, to remit N133 million to the
federal treasury through the ICPC recovery account at First City
Monument Bank.
This was the balance of the N350m he received from the federal
government for staff trainings and physical monitoring of police
personnel during the last general election.
The ICPC also ordered the workers of the commission who were paid
two-way return ticket and Airport taxi fares to locations within the
Federal Capital Territory and states with close proximity to Abuja
during the monitoring exercise to refund to the treasury money amounting
to N11.75m
“Consequently, this Commission hereby directs as follows that the total
balance of N133,413,845.99 from the N350,000,000 2015 election
monitoring exercise domiciled within FCMB be remitted to the federal
treasury through the ICPC Recovery Account No. 1012929790 at Zenith Bank
Plc”.
The anti-graft agency said these in its report of investigations into
allegations of graft levelled against Okiro by a PSC worker, Aaron
Kaase, who petitioned the ICPC in May, 2015 over alleged moves by Okiro
to swindle the PSC to the tune of N275 million.
He alleged that the retired Inspector-General of Police claimed that
the money would be used to train 900 PSC workers when the total number
of the workers of the commission was 391.
Though the ICPC confirmed that the PSC has only 391 workers contrary to
900 claimed by Okiro, it did not indict him over the discrepancy.
It said, “Investigation findings revealed that the Commission budgeted
for training of 900 staff and to conduct training in Abuja, Lagos and
Kano.
“However, the entire staff force was not more that 391 and that was the
figure actually trained in a programme held in Abuja only. The
Commission accepted the explanation that due process could not be
adhered to strictly because of time constraint.”
The report signed by the ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta and dated August 6,
2015, said the investigation revealed that the commission paid Daily
Travelling Allowances to all staff including those based in Abuja that
participated in the training programme held within Abuja.
“Air ticket and DTA were paid to management staff and others who
monitored elections within Abuja and its environs; even at locations
were airports do not exist such as Lokoja and Minna,” the report which
was addressed to the commission’s Permanent Secretary, stated.
The ICPC observed that the PSC chairman collected money for two
conferences that ran simultaneously in Dublin and Orlando, Florida,
noting that he did expend the ticket fare for the Dublin trip.
The agency however said Okiro had written to the Presidency to expend
the ticket fare for Abuja-Orlando-Abuja on another trip coming up by
October 2015, stressing that it (ICPC) should be informed if the request
was turned down.
Source: ThisDayLive
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