Published 26th Apr, 2023

By Joseph Adeiye

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)’s most wanted persons list grew from a dozen to 35 between 2022 and 2023.

In April 2022, FIJ highlighted the 12 individuals on the ICPC’s most wanted persons list.

A year after, however, the same list has grown from 12 to 35 individuals. The wanted persons include many old faces from 2022 and new additions.

SAIFULLAHI HARUNA	Issues bordering on job racketeering.	EMMANUEL EDOKPOLOR UHUNOMA	Diversion of funds meant for government intervention programmes.
TOYOSI ADURAGBEMI AYODELE	Diversion of funds meant for government intervention programmes.	AMOS SUNDAY AMADU	Recruitment racketeering.
WASIU ADEWALE AZEEZ	Defrauding unsuspecting members of the public of different sums of monies.	Dr. CHRISTOPHER OLUCHUKWU UGWUBIJO	Collecting different sums of monies from various people in order to secure replacement jobs in Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
MORAH ARINZECHUKWU	Visa scam and forgery.	NNADI CHINONSO MARTINS	Collecting various sums of money from unsuspecting pensioners.
ISIAKA ABDULAKEEM B	Fraudulent extortion of money.	OLUBORODE AYOBAMI PIUS	Fraudulent extortion of money.
SEUN SAMUEL OJUKANNAIYE	Receiving double salaries from both the Kogi State Hospital Management Board and Kogi State University.	SOLOMON OGODO	Employment racketeering and obtaining money by false pretence.
SAHABO ABUBAKAR AHIWA	Impersonation of a staff of the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with intent to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians.	OKWUENU SUNDAY HILARY	Certificate forgery and alteration.
OLOJEDE KOLAWOLE	Employment racketeering and obtaining money by false pretence.	OGUNNIYI BUKOLA JIDE	Employment racketeering and obtaining money by false pretence.
ADAMU YUNUSA	Collecting various sums of money from unsuspecting pensioners.	UMAR MOHAMMED	Collecting various sums of money from unsuspecting pensioners.
SALEH AMSHI MOHAMMED	Official malfeasance and abuse of power and office.	AMINU EMEJE SHEHU	Issuance of dud cheque.
GODWIN SABO TAKAT	Employment racketeering in the Federal Civil Service.	ISRAEL GABRIEL OKWUDILI ADUKWULU	Fraud.
Sabina Nwosueke-Chijioke	Advanced Fee Fraud and obtaining money under false pretence.	Deborah Ighiwiyisi Agbonayinma	Using fake degree certificates to gain employment with PenCom.
EMMANUEL ADAGBA	Fraud.	ADEGBORO TOKUNBO ABIODUN	UNKNOWN.
IDOWU PAUL ADEBOLA	Forgery of travel documents for unsuspecting members of the public.	Gloria Obioma Elih	Allegedly demanding and receiving gratification from officials of Federal Ministry of Water Resources who were being investigated.
Lawrence Majekodunmi Ayodele	Alleged Executive Recklessness, Financial Fraud, Gross Embezzlement and Gross Abuse of Office during his tenure as Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State.	MUHAMMADU SAGIRU UMAR	Swindling intending Pilgrims of Nasarawa State to the sum of N11,550,000:00 in 2015.
OLUDE ADENIYI LATEEF	Corrupt demand by persons and using office or position for gratification contrary to Sections 10 and 19 of the ICPC Act 2000.	DADA OLATUNJI	Corrupt demand by persons and using office or position for gratification contrary to Sections 10 and 19 of the ICPC Act 2000.
DAVID AKILE	Fraud.	GLADYS AGINWA	Fraud.
ONAMUSI DANIEL ONADEKO	Fraud.

Eleven of the 12 individuals who appeared on the wanted list in 2022 also appeared on the 2023 list. Only Tony Aiyejina, one of the wanted persons on the 2022 list, is missing in the one published in 2023.

Aiyejina had impersonated Mallam Adamu Adamu, Nigeria’s minister of education. He used the minister’s office to defraud a victim of N2.5 million.

The updated list include Onamusi Daniel Onadeko, a former House of Representatives member. He is an indigene of Ogun State wanted for fraud.

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