Purported List Of Corrupt Ex-Govs Under Investigation Not From Us- EFCC
By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dissociated itself from media reports claiming it has released a full list of ex- governors being investigated for alleged corruption.
The spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Mr. Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Sunday, described the “phantom report circulating in sections of the media”, as “a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors”.
TheFact Daily gathered that the report headlined: “EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex- Governors that Embezzled
N2.187trillion”, said a significant number of former governors, totaling at least 58, are alleged to been involved in the misappropriation, embezzlement, or laundering of approximately N2.187 trillion over a span of 25 years, and that the amount does not include properties seized worldwide or those currently being investigated, which amount to billions of naira.
The Commission, however, said, it “neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-governors with any news medium”, and enjoined the public to ignore the report as it is false and misleading.
