The Economic Financial Crimes Commission has denied a claim that its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, met with an incumbent governor and his predecessor 48 hours before they defected to the All Progressives Congress.
The response followed claims made by Paul Ibe, spokesperson to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, during a recent interview on a national television station.
Ibe had claimed that both the EFCC chairman and the Solicitor General met with a former and a serving governor from the South-South region 48 hours before they decamped to the APC.
Ibe also claimed that the meeting took place at a government lodge in the south-south state.
Ibe, however, did not mention the names of the former and incumbent governors, but he said they are from a south-south state.
Reacting to the allegation in a statement on Friday, the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale,
said Olukoyede is “apolitical” and that the allegation is based on conjectures.
Oyewale said the EFCC chairman had previously stressed the agency’s firm stance against political bias.
