The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked reports that it raided the house of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
On Sunday, social media reports claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the EFCC to raid Tinubu’s house.
On Sunday, online reports claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the EFCC to raid Tinubu’s house, adding that N400 billion new naira notes were recovered from Tinubu’s underground.
The circulating report also said investigations are ongoing to identify the bank manager who made such a huge amount accessible to him.
The post appeared on Twitter and Facebook.
Breaking News: President Buhari ordered EFCC to raid Tinubu’s house, and 400 billion of the new money was recovered from his underground house. pic.twitter.com/56QAVwND4Y
— Chidisco Nwabiafra (@Chidisco504) February 19, 2023
In a statement issued on Sunday, the EFCC said the report circulating on social media is fake and should be disregarded.
“The commission wishes to state that no such operation was carried out by the EFCC. The public is enjoined to disregard the report as fake news,” the statement reads.
Over the past few days, Nigerians have experienced challenges accessing new naira notes, a development that has led to protests in some parts of the country.
The EFCC recently arrested the operations manager of a commercial bank in the federal capital territory (FCT) for hoarding N29 million worth of new naira notes.
The commission said the operations manager was arrested after refusing to load the bank’s automated teller machines (ATMs), despite having the said sum in the vault.
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