According to human activist and lawyer Inibehe Effiong,the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) Mr. Ekpo Nta has been sacked by President Buhari.He wrote...
'I understand that the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta has been sent on compulsory leave from today which effectively means that he has been sacked. It is reported that President Buhari took the decision following Nta's mishandling of corruption cases against some former governors.
This is a commendable effort to straighten the anti-corruption war. Mr Nta never believed in fighting corruption. When former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mustapha Akanbi was the Chairman of the ICPC the organization was more effective than what it has become at the moment.
Reports has it that Ekpo Nta was nominated by a former governor from the South South who was notorious for wasteful spending and widely accused of murdering his political opponents and critics during his tenure. The said former governor penetrated and corrupted nearly all the major institutions in Nigeria including the Judiciary, Police, EFCC, etc.
President Buhari should appoint a courageous, incorruptible and intelligent person to succeed Mr. Nta. We need a fresh blood to revive the ICPC. We need someone that will be more daring than the Chairman of the EFCC. President Buhari should not make mistake in this particular appointment.
The new Chiarman should review all major corruption cases that were investigated by his predecessor and also probe Mr. Ekpo Nta'