The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC) has dismissed the allegation of Okoi Obono-Obla,
former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery
of Public Property (SPIP).
Obono-Obla, who has been declared wanted by the commission, had
accused the office of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of being behind
his travails.
But speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja on Thursday, Bolaji
Owasanoye, ICPC chairman, said Obono-Obla is trying to cover up the
allegations against him.
“The strongest defence for an accused person is to come out and
say ‘I did not do it’,” NAN quoted Owasanoye as saying.
The ICPC chairman said the behaviour Obono-Obla is exhibiting is
common among politically exposed persons (PEPs) accused of
wrongdoing.
According to him, these accused people circumvent their trials
by parading fake medical reports and giving excuses that they
needed to travel abroad for treatment.
Owasanoye expressed support for the move of anti-corruption
agencies to prosecute any medical doctor caught issuing fake
medical reports to PEPs.
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