EFCC disclaims responsibility for list of Ex-Governors Under alleged corruption investigation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) has denied being responsible for compilation of list of Ex-Governors alleged of corruption.
The Nigerian anti-craft agency, writing in its public statement, said, “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.
Clarifying the fact, it noted, “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.”
“This invariably means that the so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors.
“The public is enjoined to ignore the report as it is false and misleading.
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Furthermore , in defense of itself against the false list of Ex-Governors who were allegedly placed under investigation for corruption, the statement by the anti-crime body encouraged Nigerian mainstream media outlets to pursue fact-based, false-free journalism.
“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,” the statement added.
