The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked a media 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 agency added that the story is false in its entirety and deliberately put in place by the online platform to mislead the public.
Speaking through its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday, the EFCC urged the public to discountenance the story on the grounds that there is no accountant bearing the name of Jafaru Mohammed in the commission.
The EFCC said, “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.”
Speaking on the credibility of the online platform, the EFCC said, “The public is enjoined to discountenance the report which is dripping with mischief for which Peoples Gazette has become notorious.
