The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN has declared the Commission’s intention to team up with the International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL, to combat corruption in Nigeria.
Dr. Aliyu made this known Wednesday during a courtesy visit by the INTERPOL to the ICPC headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Represented by the Secretary to the Commission, Mr. Clifford Oparaodu, the Commission’s boss noted that Interpol is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control, adding that such collaboration would help fight the common foe of corruption.
Speaking earlier, the Director of the Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre (IFCACC), Dr. Kehinde Oginni, who led the team to the ICPC headquarters, expressed his satisfaction at the Commission’s participation in the ongoing INTERPOL workshop, acknowledging that the workshop which was attended by various agencies symbolizes a unique opportunity for networking and problem solving.
Dr Oginni stated that IFCACC had been in touch with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on the need for capacity building for law enforcement agencies particularly those in Nigeria.
JICA, he said, had graciously considered the request of INTERPOL by providing adequate funding for training capacity, which has started with 12 Nigerian Agencies invited among which is the ICPC.
Oginni added that the synergy would give the ICPC access to special anti-corruption tools like ‘I427 Communication Network’ which would help the anti-graft body to improve searching and tracking of persons of interest through available databases, adding that “Interpol is meant to serve the world.”
He pointed out that the INTERPOL had multiple notices with which they tracked and flagged suspects based on their alleged infractions. He further outlined plans to launch a pilot of a ‘Silver Notice’ to help financial agencies across the globe trace and repatriate stolen funds stashed anywhere around the world.
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