The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Sunday described the list of “ex- governors being investigated for alleged corruption” now in circulation by some sections of media as “false and mischievous”
EFCC in a statement by its Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, to dissociated the commission from the list with the headline “EFCC releases full list of 58 ex-governors that embezzled N2 .187 trillion”, in the news outlets.
It stressed that “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”, it said.
EFCC added, “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 Commission stressed, “This invariably means that the so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors”.
It maintained that the public should ignore the report as it is false and misleading”, and that “The media is advised to endeavour to crosscheck facts pertaining to matters under investigation with the Commission to avoid misleading the public with false and inaccurate reports”.
