The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has denied reports of releasing a list of former governors under investigation for alleged corruption.
On Saturday, May 4, a purported list released by the commission of 58 former governors that embezzled N2 .187 trillion, made the rounds on social media.
In a statement released on its social media handles this afternoon, May 5, the anti-graft agency says the list is not from the commission and should be disregarded.
Read the statement below
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…
Source: Linda Ikeji
