COVID-19 looters’ll be prosecuted –ICPC
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, said on Friday, that those exploiting COVID-19 emergencies would be investigated and prosecuted by the commission.
Owasanoye spoke at an event in Abuja where participants called for more transparency in the management of funds and resources during the pandemic era.
The event with the theme, ‘Fighting money laundering in the COVID-19 era: Challenged and oppprtunities’ was organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre in collaboration with the United Nations on Drugs and Crime and the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption.