Ex-ICPC chairman, Mustapha Akanbi, dies at 85

A former Pioneer Chairman ofIndependent Corrupt Practice and other related offences Commission(ICPC) and former President of theCourt of Appeal, Mustapha Akanbi, died in the early hours of today June 3rd at a private hospital in Ilorin,Born in September 1932, Mr Akanbi was called to the English Bar in 1963. He was subsequently called tothe Nigerian Bar in January 1964 andjoined the Ministry of Justice where he became a Senior State Counsel in1968.state after a brief illness. He was 85 years old.The burial of the deceased which is expected to be officiated by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Mohammed Bashir, will take place by12pm today at his GRA residence Ilorin.

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