EFCC finally disowns tweet on Governor Fayose
- EFCC has disowned tweet on Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state
- The commission had on Sunday, July 15, tweeted that it would arrest Fayose over the integrated poultry project/biological concepts limited N1.3 billion fraud case
- Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC spokesperson, however, said that the purported tweet did not represent the views of the EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disowned a recent gloating tweet that announced the imminent revival of a criminal case against outgoing Governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose.
Legit.ng gathered that in a statement on Monday, July 16, the spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said the “purported tweet does not represent the views of the EFCC.”
The tweet, which appeared on the EFCC’s verified Twitter handle, @officialEFCC on Sunday, July 15, said the commission had dusted a N1.3 billion fraud case file against Fayose.
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It came few hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results of Saturday, July 14, governorship election in Ekiti.
Fayose’s protege, Prof. Kolapo Olushola-Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost the election to Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The tweet read: “The parri (party) is over, the cloak of immunity torn apart, and the staff broken.
“Ekiti Integrated Poultry Project/Biological concepts Limited N1.3 billion fraud case file dusted off the shelves. See you soon.”
The post, accompanied with the photograph of what looks like a dilapidated poultry structure, was deleted about three hours later.
But before then it had gone viral online, eliciting criticisms from many Nigerians who interpreted it as a reflection of the commission’s partisanship.
Uwujaren said: “In the opinion of most commentators, the tweet betrayed the partisanship of the EFCC in the political contest in Ekiti state.
“Against the background, the commission is constrained to state that the purported tweet does not represent the views of the EFCC.
“As a law enforcement organisation the commission is apolitical and was not involved in the recent Ekiti election.
“It, therefore, has no reason to gloat over the political misfortune of any candidate or political god-father.”
He said although there was a subsisting criminal charge against Fayose, the fate of the charge would be determined by the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, at the expiration of his tenure, not the EFCC. (NAN)
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) deleted a tweet where it mocked Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and promised to come after him after his preferred candidate lost in the Saturday elections.
It was also reported on Sunday, July 15 that the EFCC was set to arrest Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state over the Integrated Poultry Project/Biological Concepts Limited N1.3 billion fraud case.
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Source: Legit.ng
