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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested the Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Muibi Folawiyo, over allegations of gross corruption.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson for the ICPC, Demola Bakare, who made this disclosure to newsmen, said that Folawiyo is being investigated for alleged massive theft, diversion of public funds for personal use, and failure to follow due process.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was arrested at the council secretariat on 42 Broad Street, Lagos, after repeatedly ignoring invitations which he acknowledged.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is currently in our custody. He was arrested by a team from the ICPC Headquarters for the aforementioned reasons but has since been granted administrative bail. He is expected to report back today as the investigation continues,\u201d Bakare said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested the Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Muibi Folawiyo, over allegations of gross corruption. Spokesperson for the ICPC, Demola Bakare, who made this disclosure to newsmen, said that Folawiyo is being investigated for alleged massive theft, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[12202,832,206,254],"class_list":["post-168060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-alleged-corruption","tag-icpc","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nAlleged corruption: ICPC grills Lagos Council chairman - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested the Chairman of Lagos Island ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alleged corruption: ICPC grills Lagos Council chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested the Chairman of Lagos Island ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T12:48:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T13:58:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751452168.270007.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"575\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Alleged corruption: ICPC grills Lagos Council chairman\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T12:48:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T13:58:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751452168.270007.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alleged Corruption\",\"ICPC\",\"Lagos\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-corruption-icpc-grills-lagos-council-chairman\",\"name\":\"Alleged corruption: ICPC grills Lagos Council chairman - 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