The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denies purported “fake news” going rounds that its staff posed for photographs with the popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Commission’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren in Abuja,who described the report as a deliberate attempt to mislead the members of general the public.
Uwujaren stated, that at no time during investigation nor the period in which Obi Cubana was in the Commission’s custody or after his released did he pose for photographs with any of it’s staff members.
“Members of the public are strongly advised to ignore the fake news and misleading imputation which has been traced to the social media account of one Sabi Radio (sabiradio), adding that the commission shall not hesitate to take urgent necessary steps to address this and other fake news seeking to drag EFCC’s hard-won name and professional reputation in the mud,” He said
According to the statement, one Uncle Deji, a popular security expert using his social media handle, also debunked the fake news.
“Uncle Deji in his handle says, “this post is deliberately misleading. This picture was taken on 7th October 2021 during a book launch of Colonel Chukwu Obasi at Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja in which Obi Cubana attended as a guest. (NAN)