Engr. Toyin Zacheous Okoro.
By Abdullahi Abubakar
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has quizzed Engr. Toyin Zacheous Okoro, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Ise-Orun/Ikere/Ekiti South-West federal constituency in the 2027 general elections in Ekiti State.
Gathered that the APC candidate was on Thursday quizzed by the operatives of ICPC for alleged fraud.
Before clinching the APC ticket, Okoro was a Senior Legislative Aide (SLA) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas.
The Ekiti APC chieftain arrived at the ICPC headquarters at about 2pm following a formal invite dated September 7, 2026, titled ‘Investigation Activities – Notice of Invitation’, and signed by Oshinyemi Oluwaseun, ICPC Head of Special Duty Team, on behalf of the chairman of the anti-graft agency.
Sources at the commission revealed that the APC candidate waited briefly for about 30 minutes at the reception area before he was eventually ushered into the interrogation room by around 2.40pm, where he was grilled by a team of investigators for over two hours.
According to the notice of invitation, the ICPC was investigating Okoro over alleged violation of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
“Pursuant to section 28 & 40 of the above cited Act, you are kindly required to appear before the undersigned at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja on 17 September 2026 by 10am prompt.
“Additionally, you may wish to come with a lawyer or any individual of your choice,” the notice stated.
It was reliably gathered that Okoro’s alleged offences include that, while he was serving as a SLA at the National Assembly, which made him a public servant, he was allegedly operating as the MD/CEO of a private company, contrary to public service rules.
Also he was being interrogated for allegedly using his position as a public servant to secure public contracts in the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), NASENI, amongst others, for his private company.
Okoro was also accused of receiving salaries and allowances from the National Assembly concurrently with being beneficial owner of the said private company.
He was also accused of lying on oath in his submissions to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) based on the evidence at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and National Assembly.
However, Okoro was eventually released on bail at about 5pm to report back for further engagement with the ICPC investigators at a later date.
