The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has refuted a report circulating in the media alleging that it released a list of 58 former governors being investigated for embezzling N2.187 trillion.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, labeled the report as false and mischievous, describing it as a disingenuous fabrication.
Oyewale emphasized that the EFCC has not released any such list and urged the public to disregard the misleading information.
“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.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.”
