There were reports in the media that 58 former governors were under the investigation of the anti-graft agency over alleged corruption.
The former governors, according to reports, were accused of misappropriating N2.187 trillion over 25 years.
The 58 former governors were being probed, while others have been investigated, and prosecuted.
Reacting to the development, the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Sunday, described the reports as false and misleading.
He said, “the so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors.
“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, feels obliged to dissociate itself from a phantom report circulating in sections of the media claiming it has released a full list of ex- governors being investigated for alleged corruption
“The report headlined: “EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex- Governors that Embezzled N2 .187 Trillion”, in one of the news outlets, is false and mischievous as the Commission neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-governors with any news medium.”
The anti-graft agency, however, urged the public to disregard the report, saying “it is false and misleading.”
It also urged media practitioners to crosscheck facts about matters under investigation with the Commission to avoid misleading the public with false and inaccurate reports.
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The former governors, according to reports, were accused of misappropriating N2.187 trillion over 25 years.
The 58 former governors were being probed, while others have been investigated, and prosecuted.
Reacting to the development, the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Sunday, described the reports as false and misleading.
He said, “the so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors.
“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, feels obliged to dissociate itself from a phantom report circulating in sections of the media claiming it has released a full list of ex- governors being investigated for alleged corruption
“The report headlined: “EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex- Governors that Embezzled N2 .187 Trillion”, in one of the news outlets, is false and mischievous as the Commission neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-governors with any news medium.”
The anti-graft agency, however, urged the public to disregard the report, saying “it is false and misleading.”
It also urged media practitioners to crosscheck facts about matters under investigation with the Commission to avoid misleading the public with false and inaccurate reports.
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Fake report generated by Ellupee folks, Reno was pressing the neck of their lamba master, so they needed to create some imaginary achievement about him to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteEven if the report were true, it has been clarified that we have has 170 governors since 1999, so if EFCC has a report indicting 58 former governors then it means 112 others were not, or are yet to be indicted, some people were celebrating one man as if he was the only one that was not indicted.
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