The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, says that the Commission recovered ₦37.44 billion and $2.353 million in 2025 through asset seizures and forfeitures.
Speaking at the ICPC’s End-of-Year Engagement, Send-Forth for retiring staff, and Annual Merit Awards Ceremony, Aliyu described 2025 as “a pivotal year marked by substantial progress across enforcement, prevention, and public enlightenment.”
Reviewing operational achievements of the Commission, Dr Aliyu disclosed that the ICPC investigated 263 cases, exceeding its target of 250 and filed 61 cases in court, achieving a 55.74% conviction rate.
He stated that the conviction of Professor Cyril Ndifon of the University of Calabar, who received a five-year prison sentence for offences relating to sexual harassment and cyberbullying was among the year’s notable success.
Dr Aliyu explained that the judgment sent a strong signal of the Commission’s resolve to confront all forms of abuse of office.
Highlighting the extensive preventive work undertaken across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). He said that a total of 344 MDAs were assessed using the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard, while 66 corruption-monitoring activities and 1,490 project-tracking exercises were carried out nationwide.
Systems Study and Corruption Risk Assessments were also completed in 12 MDAs, designed to reduce structural vulnerabilities to corruption.
On public enlightenment, the ICPC reached more than 235,000 Nigerians through 644 sensitisation activities, generated 3.5 million digital engagements, established 86 Anti-Corruption Clubs and Vanguards, and trained 2,707 participants at the ICPC Academy.
The Commission also broadened its partnerships, initiating 15 collaborative activities, while civil society organisations executed 57 complementary engagements.
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