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EFCC REACTS TO LEAKED LIST OF HIGH-PROFILE NIGERIANS UNDER INVESTIGATION

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The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday decried the leak of names
of high-profile Nigerians purportedly under its investigation, stating that the
exposure has done damage to its work.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen;
former Finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Steel and Mines
Development, Kayode Fayemi, and Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and up
to 100 others were recently reported as being in the radar of the EFCC over
alleged cases of corruption.
Their investigation was said to have been
instigated by petitions, whistle blowers as well as through intelligence
gathering. The newspaper report added that the list was said to have been sent
to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar
Malami, by the EFCC.
Insisting that the information was not
divulged by it, the anti-graft agency stated that the leak had done damage to
the commission’s investigation because most of the cases were still at the
preliminary stage.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren said, “It is
important to state that this report did not emanate from the EFCC and the
allusion to ‘an EFCC source’ is diversionary and mischievous.
“For the avoidance of doubt, cases under
investigation communicated to the office of the attorney-general of the
federation by the commission are classified information and it is troubling how
such would be leaked to the media.”
Uwujaren, in a statement issued by him, also
made it clear that the anti-graft agency was not investigating Onnoghen and
Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court.
“The mastermind of this leak is out to create
disaffection between the commission and, particularly, the judiciary. The
commission wishes to state categorically that it is currently not investigating
Justices Onnoghen and Kafarati.
“While Onnoghen was being considered for his
present position, the commission received some petitions which were
investigated and found to be without merit and discarded.
“Indeed, much damage has been done to the
commission’s investigation activities by this leak especially as some of the
cases mentioned are still at preliminary stages of investigation,” the
statement read in part.

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