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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has denied reports that its chairman has been sacked.
The Spokesman of the Commission, Edet Ufot in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said ICPC did not receive any letter mandating its Chairman, Ekpo Nta to proceed on compulsory retirement leave.
Reports had it on Wednesday that Nta received a letter from the Secretary to the Government of the Federaion (SGF) asking him to proceed on compulsory leave.
Ufot’s statement reads:
“The report purports that ICPC is in receipt of a letter from the SGF informing the Chairman to proceed on compulsory leave beginning from October 26.
It went further to impute perceived reasons for the alleged ‘sack’ of the chairman, quoting an anonymous ICPC source.
However, no such letter or letters have been received in the Commission,” Ufot stated.
Ufot added that ICPC had called the attention of relevant authorities to the publication for appropriate action.