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EFCC Debunks RaisingTeam to Quiz Out-going Governors

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a lead story of Sunday Punch Newspaper of March 31, 2019, titled: "EFCC raises teams to quiz Amosun, Okocha, Yari as immunity ends". The newspapers had claimed that ahead of May 29, 2019, handover date to newly elected states helmsmen, the Commission has set up teams to probe some governors accused of perpetuating acts of corruption. It is instructive to note that the reporter did not give the composition and terms of reference of the purported teams set up by the EFCC. The report is a figment of the imaginat…