Ethiopia’s Office of Prosecutor General set to carry out an investigation against 23 government officials who are allegedly involved in corruption of public resources.
The Federal Prosecutor said it has got the lists of officials, who are involved in alleged corruption, from the Addis Ababa Police Commission and the Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission.
The commission has been registering the assets of government officials for well over a year now. Government offices that are vulnerable to corruption, as the government thinks, were the primary focus for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
Cash, residential houses, land, and vehicles are among the alleged wealth that is to be investigated for corruption. The Minister for Justice, Gedion Timotios Tuesday said that there is ample evidence for crime – not just a tip from the public.
The office seems to have tapped into access to information from financial institutions and government offices to verify the evidence, based on the report from Wazema.
The Corruption Crimes Directorate within the office of the Prosecutor General will investigate the alleged corruption. It will coordinate with the Addis Ababa police commission in the course of the investigation.
The list of officials involved in the alleged corruption is undisclosed as the investigation is still underway.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed disclosed, in his latest appearance at the Ethiopian Parliament, said: “those of us who are not stealing should not be bad-mouthed because of the thieves in the government.”
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