The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to a list of “corrupt” former governors circulating on social media.
Politics Nigeria reports that a list emerged on Saturday that 58 former governors were under the radar of the anti-graft agency.
The former governors were accused of misappropriating N2.187 trillion over a 25 year year period.
However, the EFCC has distanced itself from the purported list.
In a statement on Sunday, the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, described the report as false and misleading.
Oyewale also urged media practitioners to crosscheck facts about matters under investigation with the Commission to avoid misleading the public with false and inaccurate reports.
Recently, the EFCC has been probing some former governors over allegations of corruption and misappropriation of public funds.
Among them is the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is being arraigned on 19 counts bordering on alleged money laundering, breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80.2 billion.
