EFCC Dissociates Itself From Phantom Report On List Of Ex- Governors Being Investigated For Alleged Corruption

<h4>EFCC Dissociates Itself From Phantom Report<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission&comma; EFCC&comma; 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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report headlined&colon; &&num;8221&semi; EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex- Governors that Embezzled N2 &period;187 Trillion&&num;8221&semi;&comma; in one of the news outlets&comma; is false and mischievous as the Commission neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-governors with any news medium&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a statement signed by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Dele Oyewale&comma; Head&comma; Media &amp&semi; Publicity<&sol;a> and made available to OpenLife&comma; the anti graft agency sated that the report &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Invariably means that the so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The agency therefore cautioned the public saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The public is enjoined to ignore the report as it is false and misleading&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;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&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;