The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has distanced itself from a full list of former governors being investigated for alleged corruption.
Some of the former governors on the list include Samuel Ortom (Benue State), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom State), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State), and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi State).
Also on the list are Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta State), current Minister of Work Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna State), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano State) and the current FCT minister Nyesom Wike (Rivers State).
The EFCC, in a statement, on Sunday said the report that contained 58 ex-governors who allegedly embezzled N2 .187 trillion was false.
The Commission denied issuing the said list nor entertained discussions on the investigation of former governors with any news medium.
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“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 EFCC said.
“The report 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.
It called on the public to ignore the report as it is false and misleading.
EFCC advised the media to endeavour to crosscheck facts pertaining to matters under investigation with the Commission to avoid misleading the public with false and inaccurate reports.
