Chairman, Akwa Ibom Advisory Board on National Identity card project, Obong Austin Ekong, has said that any officer indicted on charges of extorting money during the exercise would be prosecuted.

Obong Ekong however added that his committee had received complaints and reports of extortion against the staff but made no arrests so far.

The chairman who made the statement in Uyo while interracting with newsmen also blamed the problem encountered during the registration exercise on the poor educational background of the adhoc officials.

Ekong said it was disheartening that some of the officers could not read or even spell their names even after undergoing a training workshop.