The EFCC has reacted to claims that the agency's boss, Ibrahim Magu's Chief of Staff is under an investigation over bribery and unlawful enrichment.

According to the EFCC, the publications against Ibrahim Magu's Chief of Staff is the handiwork of mischief makers who are out to impugn the hard earned reputation of Mr. Olukoyede for reasons that are not clear.

Read the full press statement below;

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a news report entitled, Magu's Chief of Staff Under Investigation for Bribery and Unalwful Enrichment, which was published by online news platforms, First Weekly Magazine, and Nigeriannewsdirect, alleging that Mr. Ola Olukoyede, Chief of Staff to Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman EFCC, is under investigation for alleged corruption.

The publications purports that Mr. Olukoyede defrauded some prominent "Nigerian(sic)...under the guise of assisting (sic) to curry (sic) from his boss, Ibrahim Magu." It went on to list an unnamed former Niger a State governor and a prominent Chief from the southwest among his alleged victims. The latter, the publications claimed, lost N100m to the Chief of Staff!

The salacious claims continued with the strange revelation that EFCC "discovered a mind-boggling amount of money in his personal accounts", which supposedly forced the Vice President to order an internal probe.
The icing was the disclosure that Mr. Olukoyede was detained and thereafter placed on suspension.

The narrative and the issues raised are strange to the EFCC. As far as the Commission is concerned, Mr. Ola Olukoyede is not under any investigation and could, therefore, not have been detained or suspended. The Commission has no record of any petition by anybody calling into question the integrity of the Chief of Staff. So stories about a former governor or a prominent south west chief accusing him of wrong doing are at best fictional.

Consequently, the Commission is inclined to dismiss these publications as the handiwork of mischief makers who are out to impugn the hard earned reputation of Mr. Olukoyede for reasons that are not clear.

The Commission consequently enjoins members of the public to disregard the publication for what it is : fake news!


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