Abia State Government has frowned at a misleading story trending on social media, pitching it against the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).
A false story trending on social media said that the Abia State Government blocked the convoy of the EFCC in Aba, after they arrested more than 59 people and tried to move them to Abuja.
The false story went further to say that Governor Alex Otti ordered his security team to stop the convoy and demanded the immediate release of the 59 boys, instructing them to leave Aba at once.
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Contrary to the false story making the rounds, the Abia State Government described it as false and baseless.
Ferdinand Ekeoma, senior special adviser to Abia State Governor on Media and Publicity, in a telephone interview with BusinessDay, described the story as false and baseless and urged the public to disregard such falsehood from faceless individuals who want to discredit Governor Otti and his administration.
“Governor Otti is a law-abiding citizen and will not in any way stop a lawful agency like the EFCC from doing its job. EFCC is a lawful government agency and has the right to carry out its lawful activities in Abia.
“There was no such statement from the governor and no action or engagement of that kind with the EFCC. So, it is completely false and should be ignored. Nothing like that happened,” he said.
