The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has said it has yet to receive any official petition or directive to investigate the controversial inclusion of a non-existent N4bn railway project in the Borno State Government’s 2025 budget implementation report, despite mounting calls from opposition parties and residents for a probe.
The commission’s reaction comes days after the Borno State Government admitted that the railway project, listed as 100 per cent completed in the report, was included due to an administrative error.
Speaking with journalists in Maiduguri on Wednesday, the ICPC Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner overseeing Borno and Yobe states, Linus Gubbi, said the agency had not been formally notified of the matter.
“No official report has come to us,” Gubbi said, adding that he had also not received any directive from the commission’s headquarters to comment or take action.
“I have not received any directive from the headquarters to speak on this subject for now,” he stated.
