The Code of Conduct Bureau (CBB) says it is investigating corruption cases involving former ministers, current top government officials and senior public office holders at both federal and state levels.
The CCB Chairman, Dr Abubakar Bello, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
We have started investigating high-profile individuals. There is a former minister we have already taken to court.
Right now, we are investigating another former minister and also a serving top government official.
“I won’t mention names because we are still at the investigation stage. We don’t want to turn it into a media trial,’ he said.
Bello added that the bureau had also secured interim forfeiture orders from the courts and recorded recoveries from investigations involving local government chairmen and senior state officials
Bello noted that Nigeria’s anti-corruption war did not target only low-level offenders while shielding politically exposed persons, as alleged in certain quarters
The CCB Chairman dismissed the allegation, insisting that ministers, senior government officials and other high-profile individuals are currently under investigation.
He explained that the Bureau’s operations are guided strictly by law and due process, not media pressure or political considerations.
Defending the bureau’s quiet approach, the chairman warned against public condemnation before evidence is established.
