EFCC debunks raising team to quiz out-going Governors

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted a story in the March 31, 2019 edition of a national Daily (not The Daily Times) titled: “EFCC raises teams to quiz Amosun, Okorocha, Yari as immunity ends”.

The newspaper said had claimed that ahead of May 29, 2019, handover date to newly elected states helmsmen, the anti-graft had set up teams to probe some governors accused of perpetuating acts of corruption.

However, the EFCC in a statement by its acting Head, Media & Publicity, Tony Orilade, debunked the story, adding that the reporter in the said report did not give the composition and terms of reference of the purported teams set up by the EFCC.

The statement reads: “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 advised to disregard the story as no team has been set up against any former governor”.