The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied reports alleging intimidation of staff and reporters of Sun Newspaper.

According to a media statement released by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity of the EFCC as obtained by FINANCIAL WATCH; “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of today, June 12, 2017 visited the head office of the Sun Newspaper in Lagos”.

“The visit which lasted for less an hour was part of routine efforts to ascertain the state of the assets of the publishing company which is subject of subsisting interim forfeiture order”.

“Prior to the visit, the Commission had written to the management of the company to account for its management of the assets for the period of the subsisting court order”.

“The Commission still awaits the response of the Sun and will not be distracted by any attempt to whip up sentiments by alluding to an appeal which has been pending for ten years. The Commission’s action is without prejudice to any appeal and only meant to verify the integrity of the assets”.

“Contrary to claims in a statement released to the media by the management of the Sun, no staff of the media outfit was molested or intimidated for the few minutes that operatives of the Commission spent in the premises of the company. The claim that “EFCC operatives subjected our staff to crude intimidation, psychological and emotional trauma, even as some of the men accused our organization of publishing pro-Biafra, Boko Haram , and Niger Delta Militant stories ,” is strange and clearly the figment of the imagination of the Sun”.

“There was no reason to molest anybody as the commission has always related professionally with the publishing outfit. The attempt also to link the visit to the acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu’s threat to sue the organization over a libelous publication is also diversionary. Magu is pursuing that option in his private capacity and his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, did write the Sun and his letter was widely published in the media on March 31, 2017”.

http://www.financialwatchngr.com/2017/06/12/efcc-denies-intimidating-sun-newspaper-reporters/

Mynd44, Lalasticlala

Am not surprised, I knew they already have a defence ready for their gulible apologists

and the circle continue

Blizzy9ja:
Am not surprised, I knew they already have a defence ready for their gulible apologists

So u bliv TheSun newspaper own version.
As soon as they ascribed d visit of EFCC operatives to publications supporting Biafra,NigerDelta militants, etc, I there and then blived TheSun was clearly lying in order to whip up cheap sentiments for gullible people like u.

Naija we hail thee

doctokwus:

So u bliv TheSun newspaper own version.
As soon as they ascribed d visit of EFCC operatives to publications supporting Biafra,NigerDelta militants, etc, I there and then blived TheSun was clearly lying in order to whip up cheap sentiments for gullible people like u.

Legally speaking the reason given by EFCC for the visit is absurd and laughable.....but I am not surprise because they know that a lot of gullible Nigerians and Mumus will swallow their explanation hook and sinker without asking questions. The problem with Nigeria is not our leaders but gullible and uninformed followers(Zombies?)

Magu is Buhari brother. He should be in jail or in hospital by now with buhari. Our pastors are not fireing prayer enough for this Buhari bulldog

doctokwus:

So u bliv TheSun newspaper own version.
As soon as they ascribed d visit of EFCC operatives to publications supporting Biafra,NigerDelta militants, etc, I there and then blived TheSun was clearly lying in order to whip up cheap sentiments for gullible people like u.

So gun weilding operatives of the EFCC just shows up at a newspaper company unannounced holding dem hostage and you believe that cook up defence about a case that has been pending in court for an upward of abt 10yrs? Gush! you are so gulible mehn!.... Just tell Magu to investigate how his wife acquired the house that was revealed by the SUN Newspaper... We can't continue to fold our arm and watch this intimidation of the media. Today it is The Sun, who knows it might just be another newspaper company tomorrow. #ISTANDFORPRESSFREEDOM

OK....

Denying is a normal thing in Nigeria. If the youths are denying the full country not to talk of efcc denying one small in event of a country thousands now hate.


Buhari is using the money to roof Nigeria, while we now look for which better to dry our clothes. Sun no dey shine for Naija again

mm

What a dumb line of defence from the EFCC

I saw it coming anyway

Blizzy9ja:
So gun weilding operatives of the EFCC just shows up at a newspaper company unannounced holding dem hostage and you believe that cook up defence about a case that has been pending in court for an upward of abt 10yrs? Gush! you are so gulible mehn!.... Just tell Magu to investigate how his wife acquired the house that was revealed by the SUN Newspaper... We can't continue to fold our arm and watch this intimidation of the media. Today it is The Sun, who knows it might just be another newspaper company tomorrow. #ISTANDFORPRESSFREEDOM

Gbam
Tell 'em

See all those sons and daughter of unity beggars above me

Is that so?