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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