ICPC Dragged Into Alleged Bribery Scandal In House Of Reps

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC has been petitioned to probe the allegation that members of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating alleged job racketeering and mismanagement of the Integrated Personnel Payment Information System (IPPIS) by Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have been extorting bribes from universities, polytechnics and other MDAs.

The development came as chairman of the Committee of Federal Polytechnics’ Rectors, Engr Yahaya Mohammed affirmed his ignorance of the allegation made against members of the House of Representatives.

GWG.ng reports that Premium Times had on Tuesday in an investigation, reported how some members of the panel had asked vice chancellors of universities and heads of tertiary institutions  to pay certain amount of money as bribes into a bank account inorder to give them a soft landing.

Rep Yusuf Gagdi, chairman of the Reps committee speaking on Thursday as vice chancllors and rectors interfaced with the committee members disclosed that he had already dragged the ICPC into the issue over the bribe allegations.

“I have already written to the ICPC to investigate that account number that was published,  the owner of that account and whether there is any transaction by vice chancellors, rectors of polytechnics and leaders of tertiary institutions in the country.”

Gagdi also threatened that the committee would take legal action against the online medium over the publication which he said was to “blackmail and discredit” the committee.

Meanwhile while speaking during the interface with the House Committee, Mohammed, who is also the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, denied the allegation saying that he had never been approached to give a bribe to the committee.

The rector said, “This is our first time of interfacing with the committee. All of us came into Abuja yesterday. Chairman, we are not in receipt of any account number or account name by any member of this committee. I will say under oath that we have not received any account number from any member of this committee.”

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