The Independent Corrupt Practices
and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday recommended the
suspension of public office holders under investigation.
The Chairman of ICPC, Prof.
Bolaji Owasanoye, at an event organised by the agency and the Office of the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja, said names of such
persons had been forwarded to government.
He also said that the commission
discovered that some civil servants served conviction terms and returned to
work as if nothing had happened.
“Such persons should be flushed
out of the system in accordance with extant laws. We have communicated Iist of
such persons to government”, NAN quoted him as saying.
“We advise digital information
sharing between anti-corruption agencies and financial services sector critical
to preventing money laundering and other corruption prevention measures.
“All Anti-Corruption Agencies
(ACAs) as a policy ought to have seamless access to existing databases of
suspects and the profile, biometric of persons of interest.
“Inter-agency collaboration is
essential to avoid duplication and waste of resources in the investigation and
prosecution of cases”, he said.
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