The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has refuted media report that it has an accountant by name Jafaru Mohammed, who stole N10.9 billion from the National Intelligence Agency, NIA Ikoyi loot.
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| File photo of EFCC operatives |
The EFCC said the refutal became necessary following a report by an online news medium,Peoples Gazette that Jafaru was an accountant appointed by then Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu to take charge of the finances of the NIA after N13 billion belonging to the spy agency was found in a Lagos apartment.
Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement issued on Friday afternoon, said the claim by Peoples Gazzette, was false with an intention to mislead the public.
According to the statement, the anti-graft agency has "no accountant by name, Jafaru Mohammed and could not have appointed him to serve in another agency."
The statement further said, "It is infantile to suggest that the commission would appoint an accountant for the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, which is not a department of the EFCC."
The statement called on members of the public to discountenance the report, which it opined is "dripping with mischief for which Peoples Gazette has become notorious."
Below is the full statement
EFCC Has No Accountant In Charge of N13bn NIA Loot
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report by an online news medium, Peoples Gazette, alleging that a certain Jafaru Mohammed whom it claimed stole N10.9billion from the NIA Ikoyi loot is an accountant of the EFCC.
The claim is false and intended to mislead the public. For the avoidance of doubt, the EFCC has no accountant by name, Jafaru Mohammed and could not have appointed him to serve in another agency.
It is infantile to suggest that the Commission would appoint an accountant for the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, which is not a department of the EFCC.
The public is enjoined to discountenance the report which is dripping with mischief for which Peoples Gazette has become notorious.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
18 February, 2022
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