The Kogi State government has described as “mischievous, false and politically motivated” a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that the state had returned N19.3 billion bailout funds it allegedly hid to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The government gave the commission 48 hours to retract the statement posted on its Facebook account on November 19 or prepare for a legal action.
Kogi State Information and Communications Commissioner Kingsley Fanwo announced the ultimatum at a media briefing yesterday in Lagos.
The commissioner assured the public, especially Kogi indigenes, Nigerians, investors and development partners, that the funds claimed by the EFCC to have been returned to the CBN does not belong to the state.
He said the saga was “a hatchet job conceived by politicians and implemented by an irresponsible EFCC” to tarnish the rising political image of Governor Yahaya Bello.
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