Nigeria, June 22 -- An anti-corruption group has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) to prosecute a former Acting Director, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, (FIIRO), Chima Igwe, for alleged certificate scandal.

The group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), in a statement issued on Monday, also urged ICPC to recover from Mr Igwe the salaries and allowances paid to him by the government for the period he held the position without requisite qualification.

A petition dated June 7, 2021 has been sent to the ICPC, HEDA's chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, said in the statement.

HEDA recalled that ICPC had investigated the certificate scam and the report of the invest...