Mr Oyewale said that whatever was not signed by him didn’t emanate from him.
PEOPLES GAZETTE
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday posted fake news, saying a former minister of Petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke admitted stealing $9 billion and begging President Bola Tinubu for clemency to return to Nigeria.
The anti-graft agency in a post on its official Instagram page on Saturday shared the fake news which went viral on social media.
Minutes later, however, the anti-graft agency pulled down the fake story without explaining what informed its action or apologising for misleading the public.
Spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, said that he was not aware of the fake news shared on the agency Instagram page when Peoples Gazette drew his attention to the report.
“There is nothing like that. Whatever is not signed by me is not from us,” Mr Oyewale said.
Asked to explain how the fake report made it to the agency’s Instagram page without his knowledge, Mr Oyewale said “I didn’t send anything. That’s what I will tell you.”
