The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disowned a trending photograph in the social media purported to have been taken by a businessman and popular socialite, Obi Cubana, in the purported premises of the commission with imaginary EFCC staff.
In a statement made available to journalists on Friday by the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the anti graft agency called on members of the public to disregard the gake photograph
The statement reads in part, “The said picture captioned: EFCC crew poses for quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman, Obi Cubana, was not taken in EFCC facility and the people therein are unknown to the commission.
“The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to fake news trending on social media with the caption, “EFCC Crew poses for quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman Obi Cubana”.
“The caption is as fake as any fake news can ever be because, at no time during his ongoing investigation, period in custody or release did Obi Cubana pose for photographs with EFCC staff.
“Uncle Deji, a popular security expert using his social media handle, has further debunked the fake news, saying:
“This post is deliberately misleading, this picture was taken on October 7, 2021 during a book launch of Colonel Chukwu Obasi at Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja in which Obi Cubana attended as a guest.
“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 Sabi Radio (sabiradio), which first went to town with the fake news at 1.06 pm on 5 November, 2021. Sabiradio’s watermark is telltale on the photograph.”
Sending strong warning to purveyors of fake news, the EFCC said, “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.
“The Commission warns the public not to be misled by another mischievous stunt by Cubana’s publicists”.
