Mohammed Shosanya
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,has dissociated 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.
EFCC in a statement signed by Mr Dele Oyewale, the Head of Media and Publicity of the Commission noted that 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.
A copy of the state made available to journalists in Ibadan the Capital City of Oyo State on Sunday, further stated that the so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors.
It added:”The public is enjoined to ignore the report as it is false and misleading.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”.
