The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, did not make certain remarks attributed to him.

Mr Magu was reported to have claimed Coronavirus, a new zoonotic disease officially named COVID-19, is caused by corruption.

The cause of the disease that has killed thousands is unknown just as the cure is yet to be discovered as at press time.

“EFCC has zero tolerance for corruption as our mandate is to kill corruption as corruption is worse than all the diseases we have now and I strongly believe coronavirus is caused by corruption,” the anti-graft boss was quoted to have claimed at the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, on Tuesday.

However, the anti-graft agency has described the comment attributed to its boss as false and misleading.

“This information is false and misleading,” the EFCC said in a tweet while quoting a news medium that also published the report.

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“The Acting Chairman said, “Tackling corruption is a clarion call, given that corruption is a huge burden to the nation. It is worse than Cancer, Ebola Virus, Coronavirus and all other deadly diseases put together,” it added while calling for the correction of the statement.

Racoon:
A state that was said by Magu & aptly captured by both print & electronic media? This is simply a stupid and senseless damage control by the EFCC which in itself is also corruption.All agencies of govt under the APC have lies richly engrained in their DNA.Stupid fools.

Racoon:
A state that was said by Magu & aptly captured by both print & electronic media? This is simply a stupid and senseless damage control by the EFCC which in itself is also corruption.All agencies of govt under the APC have lies richly engrained in their DNA.Stupid fools.

Officialgarri:
You wail too much and phlegm is all over your mouth and nose.All agencies under APC.Bla bla bla.All those agencies were created under PDP, but EFCC for example has never seen action like they did under this regime.

Abi is it not the same EFCC that couldn't investigate Obasanjo and Atiku even after it was evident that they were beneficiaries of the Haliburton scandal? Is it not the same EFCC that couldn't try Orji Kalu, Madueke, TA orji e.t.c .Like I said, you wail too much and your hypocrisy stinks

ashacot:
You no day tire to wail? Them born you come this life to wail on any naira land thread that has to do with the federal government? Tufiakwa

Racoon:
[s][/s] We all are not zombies that swallow any crumbs of lies & falsehood thrown @ like a dog gnawing @ a bone.

Officialgarri:
This is damage control . The handler needs to watch the video himself


You wail too much and phlegm is all over your mouth and nose.

All agencies under APC..... bla bla bla. All those agencies were created under PDP, but EFCC for example has never seen action like they did under this regime.
Abi is it not the same EFCC that couldn't investigate Obasanjo and Atiku even after it was evident that they were beneficiaries of the Haliburton scandal?

Is it not the same EFCC that couldn't try Orji Kalu, Madueke, TA orji e.t.c

Like I said, you wail too much and your hypocrisy stinks

ashacot:


You no day tire to wail?

Them born you come this life to wail on any nairaland thread that has to do with the federal government? Tufiakwa

seborrhic:
Maybe he didn't mean it literarily,but he clearly said it, so why is he lying so foolishly? The quotes gave him out.
Or he didn't remember saying so again?

ashacot:


You no day tire to wail?

Them born you come this life to wail on any nairaland thread that has to do with the federal government? Tufiakwa