By Ade Adesomoju, Premium Times The anti-corruption agency has dropped the charges of school result falsification and forgery it levelled against the ex-presidential aide in 2019. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has amended the corruption and certificate forgery charges it filed against an ex-presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla. The amendment, coming
By Archibong Jeremiah Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has been released on bail. The news of his release was disclosed yesterday by his lawyer, Barrister First Baba Isa. He said, “We thank everyone who constantly stood on the side of the rule law; consistently calling for his release.” Five months after he was declared wanted by the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Five months after he was declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the suspended Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel on Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has been arrested by the anti-graft agency today (Friday) in Abuja. Mr. Obono-Obla, who was declared wanted
By CrossRiverWatch Admin PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) as currently constituted with Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla as Chairman. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been directed to immediately take over all outstanding investigations and other activities of the
Before he was given the heave-ho, Okoi Obono-Obla, ex-chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the recovery of Public Property (SPIP), bagged notoriety as a ”serial power abuser” and a ”carefree violator” of due process. Obono-Obla’s success is, perhaps, more in the aspect of motoring controversy and bringing attention to the public property recovery
By Patrick Obia As reported by The Nation Newspaper, the Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has explained why his agency’s offices in Abuja are closed by Policemen. Although the SPIP’s offices were reportedly sealed from last Saturday evening as a curtain raiser to