Fake agencies: Some individuals attempting to intimidate, blackmail us - ICPC

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has vowed to intensify its ongoing investigations, declaring that it volition not beryllium discouraged by alleged attempts to intimidate the bureau oregon harm its reputation.

The Commission disclosed that it had received credible quality indicating that immoderate disgruntled individuals were allegedly readying a misinformation and blackmail run aimed astatine discrediting its operations and weakening nationalist assurance successful its anti-corruption activities.

In a connection signed by its spokesperson, J. Okor Odey, ICPC said "The crippled is connected to the ongoing investigations into suspected fraudulent agencies and different high-profile cases involving politically exposed persons.

"The Commission has thing to fell and remains committed to carrying retired our statutory responsibilities with professionalism, independency and impartiality."

The bureau stressed that "all ongoing investigations would beryllium pursued with determination and successful accordance with owed process and the regularisation of law."

It further warned that "no idiosyncratic oregon group, irrespective of governmental influence, societal presumption oregon economical status, would beryllium permitted to interfere with morganatic investigations oregon power their outcomes."

The ICPC besides emphasised that portion it recognises the value of nationalist scrutiny and constructive criticism, it would no...