EFCC Faults Claims of Freezing Accounts of the Adelekes
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has shut down
the rumour making rounds that it froze the accounts of belonging to
Davido and his uncle, Ademola Adeleke.
Clarifying this in a statement shared by its spokesman, Wilson
Uwujaren, the agency said there was no truth in the claims being
circulated on social media, adding that it was a campaign designed to
taint their image.
The statement read:
Quote
“The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC
has been drawn to media publications alleging that it had frozen the
account of Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the opposition
People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the September 22, 2018 Osun State
governorship election and those of his family members, including the
musician, David Adeleke.
The Commission calls on members the public to disregard the report,
which is patently false and contrived to dress the agency with a
partisan garb in the unfolding political contest in Osun State.
For the avoidance of doubt, at no time did the EFCC place a freeze order
on any account belonging to members of the Adeleke family. The
purported freeze order which has unfortunately been amplified by pliable
sections of the media without any attempt at confirmation is alien to
the Commission and another example of fake news.
The EFCC frowns at the seeming attempts by faceless forces to drag it
into the political fray and, for the umpteenth time, restates its
neutrality as a law enforcement organization that is sworn to uphold
the law at all times, irrespective whose interest is at stake.”
the rumour making rounds that it froze the accounts of belonging to
Davido and his uncle, Ademola Adeleke.
Clarifying this in a statement shared by its spokesman, Wilson
Uwujaren, the agency said there was no truth in the claims being
circulated on social media, adding that it was a campaign designed to
taint their image.
The statement read:
Quote
“The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC
has been drawn to media publications alleging that it had frozen the
account of Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the opposition
People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the September 22, 2018 Osun State
governorship election and those of his family members, including the
musician, David Adeleke.
The Commission calls on members the public to disregard the report,
which is patently false and contrived to dress the agency with a
partisan garb in the unfolding political contest in Osun State.
For the avoidance of doubt, at no time did the EFCC place a freeze order
on any account belonging to members of the Adeleke family. The
purported freeze order which has unfortunately been amplified by pliable
sections of the media without any attempt at confirmation is alien to
the Commission and another example of fake news.
The EFCC frowns at the seeming attempts by faceless forces to drag it
into the political fray and, for the umpteenth time, restates its
neutrality as a law enforcement organization that is sworn to uphold
the law at all times, irrespective whose interest is at stake.”
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