A civil society group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA Resource Centre, has urged Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Dr Musa Aliyu, to conduct a review of ICPC’s investigation under his predecessor, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye.

HEDA also called for legal action against suspects implicated in the constituency project fraud spanning over a decade.

The group, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Olanrewaju Suraju, said the failure to prosecute those implicated by results of the investigation would undermine accountability and perpetuate a culture of impunity.

He stated that despite evidence of financial impropriety and misuse of public resources, there has been inadequate action to hold responsible parties accountable.

His words: “ICPC, both by its mandate and operations, is a prosecutorial and law enforcement agency, not a recovery agency. We therefore call for a comprehensive review and urgent action by the ICPC to ensure accountability and prosecution of all suspects named in these reports.

“The mismanagement of such a substantial amount of public funds is clearly a contribution to the state of infrastructural decay, poverty, and insecurity across the country. Beyond all these, it is an affront to good governance and social justice, which could have significantly improved the lives of Nigerians.

“HEDA Resource Centre reaffirms its commitment to promoting transparency, accountability, and integrity in public service. The organization urges the ICPC and other relevant authorities to prioritize the prosecution of those responsible for misappropriating constituency project funds to deter future acts of corruption and restore public faith in governance processes.

“HEDA and other civil society organisations, considering the propensity of our legislators to invoke legislative power for harassing MDAs to avoid accountability, are available to provide all the needed political and social support to all anti-corruption agencies in achieving their mandates, including this particular case.”