ICPC Arrests Two SIP Officials In Kogi State Over N68m fraud

In a bid to curb the high level of corrupt public officers in the country, one of Nigeria’s main anti-graft agency has unfolded another corruption scandal in the NSIP in Kogi state.

Naija News learnt that  Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission arrested two federal government’s Social Investment Programme officials over diversion of 68million naira meant for school feeding.

Speaking on how the two culprits unlawfully and unethically deduct from the large sums of money meant for payments to cooks in the national school feeding programme in Kogi State, the ICPC spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, revealed that the arrest was the outcome of a recently launched collaboration between the National Social Investment Office (NSIO) and ICPC.

She also said that the two officials, Adoga Ibrahim, who was until May, the Focal Person of NHGSFG in Kogi, and Khadijat Karibo, who currently serves as the state’s Programme Manager pulled off the massive fraudulent actions through the help of some banks in the state.

Preliminary findings from ICPC investigations, according to her, indicate that for the programme to aggregate food items, the request must come from a state governor.

She said the governor’s request must clearly state the names and details of suppliers to the National Coordinator of the NHGSFP for approval.