Top Government Officials Interfering in Corruption Cases – ICPC

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Top Government Officials Interfering in Corruption Cases – ICPC

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 Â The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says the interference by political leaders in the country, in court cases being prosecuted by the commission is one of the numerous challenges being faced by the commission. Speaking through its chairman, Ekpo Nta, over the weekend when he hosted a team of anti-corruption commission of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which paid him a courtesy visit, the ICPC said, ”˜The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 restricted the commission to charging its cases in state high courts. ”˜This is a setback to the anti-corruption fight because it often leads to political interference by sympathizers of the accused persons in their home states.’

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