Just In: ICPC Speaks on Files Implicating President Bola Tinubu, Close Aides

Just In: ICPC Speaks on Files Implicating President Bola Tinubu, Close Aides

  • The ICPC has denied having any incriminating files on President Bola Tinubu and his close aides in any of its offices across the country
  • The commission released a statement refuting a report that the DSS had seized files implicating the president and his associates from one of its offices
  • Azuka Ogugua, the commission's spokesperson, dismissed the report as baseless and urged the public to disregard it

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FCT, Abuja - The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said it has no files incriminating President Bola Tinubu and some of his close aides in any of its offices across the country.

The anti-graft agency made this known in a statement released on Saturday, July 8, by its spokesman, Azuka Ogugua, The Punch reported.

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The ICPC has debunked a report claiming the DSS stormed its office to cart away files implicating President Bola Tinubu. Photo credits: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ICPC Nigeria
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Legit.ng gathers that the ICPC was reacting to a report claiming that the Department for State Services (DSS) stormed one of the commission’s offices and carted away files implicating the president and his close aides.

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Ogugua described the report as unfounded and urged Nigerians to disregard it, The Nation also reported.

“The Commission hereby refutes the report and states unequivocally that there were no files implicating President Tinubu or close aides at its headquarters or offices across the states. Therefore, the alleged carting away of such imaginary files is unfounded and should be disregarded by the public," the statement read in part.

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In another report, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, Demola Olarewaju, on Monday, July 3, said if the Presidential Election Petition Court does what is right with the evidence as of today, Bola Tinubu will be the first president to be removed in Nigeria.

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Olarewaju, who is the Special Assistant, Digital Media Strategy to Atiku Abubakar, also said that Professor Mahmood Yakubu would be the first Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman to go to jail for rigging the 2023 presidential election.

The PDP stalwart also predicted that a rerun election would be held because the February 25, 2023 poll was “fraudulent”.

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