EFCC Debunks Raising Team To Quiz Out-Going Governors

EFCC Debunks Raising Team To Quiz Out-Going Governors

Press statement from the EFCC. Read below.

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC
has been drawn to a lead story of Sunday Punch Newspaper of March 31,
2019, titled: “EFCC raises teams to quiz Amosun, Okocha, Yari as
immunity ends”.

The newspapers had claimed that ahead of May 29, 2019, handover date
to newly elected states helmsmen, the Commission has set up teams to
probe some governors accused of perpetuating acts of corruption.

It is instructive to note that the reporter did not give the
composition and terms of reference of the purported teams set up by the
EFCC.

The report is a figment of the imagination of the reporter as
everything about the setting of the teams ended with the first paragraph
without details of such teams being set up.

Again, the story is not true, as the EFCC does not go after anybody, including ex-governors on speculative ground.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission only act after the
investigators have done a thorough job on any individual or firm
involved in corruption related cases.

The Commission wants to advise our stakeholders, including our
friends in the media to be circumspect and verify their stories before
going to press.

Members of the public are therefore advise to disregard the story as no team has been set up agains