Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, Facebook
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disowned a tweet that announced the imminent relaunch of a criminal case against Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti after the expiration of his tenure.
The EFCC had posted on Twitter on Sunday that: “The parri is over, the cloak of immunity torn apart, and the staff broken. Ekiti Integrated Poultry Project/Biologival 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.
In a statement on Monday, spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said the purported tweet does not represent the views of the EFCC.
He said although there was a subsisting criminal charge against Fayose, the fate of the charge would be determined by the court at the expiration of his tenure, not the EFCC.
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 organization 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.”