Naija News
A couple identified as Onyinmiebi and Beatrice Bribena who was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has said they never received any invite for any questioning or interrogation before declaring them as wanted persons.
Naija News reports that the president of Baraza Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited (BMCSL), Pastor Oyinmiebi Bribena and his wife, Beatrice, on Saturday, June 11th was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly defrauding Nigerians to the tune of N2Billion.
The statement was signed by the Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwujuren.
Reacting to the declaration, Bribena, who is also a pastor in a popular church told the Nation: “We did not receive an invitation letter from the EFCC and were not aware of any summons or pending charge against us by the EFCC.
It is therefore surprising that the commission will go to such length to damage our reputation and make me and my family go through ‘media trial’.”
He said the EFCC had no right to interfere in disputes between members of the cooperative society, considering the provisions of the Nigerian Cooperative Societies Act of 2004.
He added that the anti-graft agency did not invite them for interrogation before declaring them wanted.
He said that some members of the cooperative society had approved that the cooperative traded with their contributions at an Online Foreign Exchange Market for monthly returns, which ran smoothly until the unfortunate events where most of the funds were lost in the market…
