Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reacted to reports
that she's allegedly being investigated by the EFCC for embezzlement,
calling media headlines misleading and untrue. Her statement below..
We want to clarify that some of the media reports alleging that the EFCC
is investigating former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,
are misleading and untrue. This is clear from eye witness accounts of
the Budget 2016 presentation by the EFCC at the House of Representatives
and gaps in the reported stories.
The headlines are a misrepresentation of what the EFCC Chairman actually
said during the event.
While the headlines claimed that the EFCC Chairman, in response to a
question by an APC, member Hon Razak Atunwa, stated that Dr
Okonjo-Iweala is under investigation, the actual words quoted in the
same reports told a very different story.
His words:
“Very soon we will go into the petroleum industry. Such investigation
requires that we have to build capacity, we have to bring in experts to
enable us tackle what we are doing properly and the investigation must
be conducted properly. We have internal lawyers and external lawyers. We
have to pay insurance…”
The words said to have been spoken by the EFCC Chairman cannot support
the lurid headlines that Dr Okonjo-Iweala is under investigation by the
EFCC.
The Nigerian media plays an important role in our democracy and we urge
them to be fair, balanced and factual in their reports.
Paul C Nwabuikwu
Media Adviser to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Title : Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala reacts to alleged investigation by EFCC
Description : Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reacted to reports that she's allegedly being investigated by the EFCC for embezzl...
