The Commission’s Resident Consultant, Mr Folu Olamiti, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja.
He said any public officer found to have been used by politicians to perpetrate corruption would be prosecuted.
Olamiti said that most of the governors indicted for corruption used public officers to loot the treasury of their states.
“The only way to stop the tendency is to ensure that the affected officers are punished.
“Serving governors with immunity use public officers to loot government treasury, in that case they must be held accountable for the governor’s action.
“The fight must involve both the small and the big,’’ he said.
Olamiti added that punishment of such officers would serve as deterrent to others.
He said the Commission had directed the various ministries and other agencies to set up anti-corruption units in a bid to fight the scourge.
According to him, the strategy is to enlighten those officials who claim ignorance of their corrupt act during trial.
“Ignorance is no excuse in law,’’ Olamiti added.