The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, on Wednesday said it has released 14 females found in a locked room during a raid on an Abuja house allegedly belonging to the National Coordinator, Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities Multipurpose Cooperative Society,
Iliasu Abdul-Rauf.
ICPC spokeswoman, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who made the disclosure in a statement, said the house was raided as part of the investigation into Abdul-Rauf’s alleged involvement in N1.7bn fraud.
The statement said, “The ICPC has requested a Senior Magistrate’s Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, to grant an order for the remand of the National Coordinator, Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Alhaji Iliasu Abdul-Rauf, in prison over his alleged involvement in N1.7bn fraud.
“Abdul-Rauf is alleged to have been involved in multiple corrupt acts including bribery, breach of trust, criminal misappropriation and other frauds running into hundreds of millions of naira.
“After his arrest, a search on his house by the commission revealed 14 females between the ages of 11 and 33 years, locked in one of the rooms and were evacuated, after which they were handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for further investigation.”
According to Okoduwa Abdul-Rauf used his position as the National Coordinator of the FCSSDMDS to trick contractors into donating billions of naira to a project that did not exist.
The commission further claimed that Abdul-Rauf had a history of running from the law, having previously been on the run after they pressed multiple charges against him.
