EFCC has denied claims that Magu's chief f staff worked for Femi Falana many hours after the SAN denied the claim.
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied claims that Ola
Olukayode, the Chief of Staff to Ibrahim Magu once worked with Senior
Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana.
In
a statement by the anti-graft agency's spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren,
which was published in Punch on Thursday, April 6, 2017, the claims were
described as solely untrue and falacious.
The EFCC described the report as malicious saying:
“The
allegations are not only unfounded but evil, as all the properties
recovered from the former governor have been returned to the Bayelsa
State Government.
“For the
record, Olukoyede was not ‘seconded’ to the EFCC by Falana and he has
never worked in Femi Falana’s Chambers. He was head-hunted based on his
pedigree. Even if he had worked for Falana it may not have mattered as
working for Falana is not a criminal offence in the nation’s statute."
Continue, the statement reads: “It
is also important to state that Falana, SAN, is not a counsel for the
EFCC and has never interfered in the operations of the agency.
“The
author of the mischievous and misleading information went ahead to give
the telephone number of the CoS and asked members of the public to call
and enquire if he was indeed a former staff of Femi Falana’s Chambers.
He has therefore been bombarded with unsolicited calls by members of the
public.”
A recent publication by
ThisDay Newspaper alleged that the Chief of Staff to the EFCC Chairman,
Ola Olukoyede, was a former employee of the Chambers of Femi Falana.
The report also stated that Olukoyede was employed by the EFCC based on Falana’s ‘orders’.
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