A lawyer, Oluwatosin Ojaomo, has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to prosecute an ex-Director of Finance and Administration at the defunct Ministry of Powe
r, Works and Housing, Ibrahim Tumsah, and his brother, Tijjani Tumsah, for corruption.
According to the petition, copies of which were sent to the President and Vice President respectively, the property had been unsealed under suspicious circumstances and returned to two firms, Integrated Service Insurance Ltd and Integrated Bureau de change Ltd., belonging to the defendants who were arraigned on two counts.
He explained that the defendants had agreed to a plea bargain which involved the forfeiture of some of the cars before the SPIP was abruptly dissolved by the government. Commenting on the development, the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itsey Sagay, said the defendants took advantage of the removal of Obla, noting that their action was wrong.
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