Posted by Samuel on Sun 19th Feb, 2023 - tori.ng
The commission stated that it was fake news as no such operation was carried out.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sunday, debunked reports that its operatives raided the home of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and recovered N400 billion.
In a statement signed by the commissions Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren said: “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report circulating in the social media, claiming that operatives of the Commission raided the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming presidential elections and recovered a humongous sum of N400billion.
“The Commission wishes to state that no such operation was carried out by the EFCC. The public is enjoined to disregard the report as fake news.”