Nigeria’s anti-graft agency Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has refuted reports that it poisoned former Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank) chairman Tunde Ayeni while in custody. But the EFCC said the claims were untrue, as its officials did not offer Ayeni water or drink while he was with the agency. When he complained of illness and opted to see a doctor, which he was promptly obliged,” EFCC spokesman Tony Orilade said in a statement. The EFCC spokesman, who described allegations by the CUPP as nonsensical, warned that no political motive should be read into the corruption allegations against the former Skye Bank chairman. “We, therefore, wish to clarify that Ayeni as former Chairman of the failed Skye Bank has allegations of corruption to thrash out with us.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2019 19:52 UTC