The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged the public to disregard an online publication which speculated that the commission had arraigned former vice president Atiku Abubakar over alleged fraud of N75.3 billion. In a statement, on Friday, in Abuja by the commission’s Acting spokesperson, Mr Tony Orilade, EFCC dismissed the report of Atiku’s alleged arraignment before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, as fake. “The attention of the commission has been drawn to an online report which claimed that the commission on Thursday, January 9, 2020, arraigned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. “The Commission also wishes to state that no statement or press release emanated from the spokesperson of the Commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, to that effect as claimed in the report. “The Commission, therefore, urges the general public to disregard the fake news as handiwork of mischief makers,” the statement read in part.

Source: Punch January 10, 2020 21:22 UTC