A former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Emmanuel Ayoola, is dead.

Ayoola’s death was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Aliyu.

Ayoola, who was the second ICPC chairman, was said to have died on Tuesday at the age of 91.

He succeeded Mustapha Akanbi as the Commission’s Chairman and served between 2005 and 2010.

Ayoola served Nigeria in various capacities. He was appointed as a high court judge in 1976 and rose through the ranks to the Supreme Court.