ICPC Recovers ₦37.44bn, $2.35m In 2025

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it has recovered ₦37.44 billion and $2.353 million in 2025 through asset seizures and forfeitures, one of its most significant annual recovery figures to date.

Chairman of the commission, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, stated this in Abuja during the ICPC’s end-of-year engagement send-forth for retiring staff, and Annual Merit Awards Ceremony.

He described 2025 as “a pivotal year marked by substantial progress across enforcement, prevention, and public enlightenment.”

Reviewing operational achievements, Dr Aliyu revealed that ICPC investigated 263 cases, exceeding its target of 250, and filed 61 cases in court, achieving a 55.74 per cent conviction rate.

The chairman highlighted extensive preventive work undertaken across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as 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.

ICPC spokesperson, John Odey, also revealed that among the year’s notable successes of the ICPC was 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.

This is even as the ICPC chairman agreed that judgement sent a strong signal of the commission’s resolve to confront all forms of abuse of office.

Looking ahead to 2026, Dr Aliyu urged personnel to avoid complacency and poor conduct, calling for “integrity, diligence, professionalism, and unity of purpose” as the commission advances into a new year.

“Let us recommit ourselves to building a stronger ICPC and contributing more meaningfully to the national anti-corruption agenda,” he stated.