Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to a report alleging that he illegally received N4 billion recovered funds from suspended EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
The report by an online platform, Pointblanknews, alleged that Mr Osinbajo was involved in a fraudulent scheme with Magu, who the report also accused of embezzling N39 billion. The Vice President has denied the report describing it as ‘FAKE NEWS’.
Below is a statement, made available to POLITICS NIGERIA, signed by his media aide, Laolu Akande;
“Inundated by wide circulation of Fake News about VP’s purported involvement in some EFCC recovery billions, pls rest assured they’re all LIES: calculated to confuse and concocted to smear Prof. Osinbajo’s image.”
“The VP hasn’t & will never be involved in any such shady activities.” he tweeted.
Inundated by wide circulation of Fake News about VP's purported involvement in some EFCC recovery billions, pls rest assured they're all LIES: calculated to confuse and concocted to smear Prof. Osinbajo's image. The VP has'nt & will never be involved in any such shady activities pic.twitter.com/bGHyFzHSm6
— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) July 8, 2020
