EFCC Distances Commission From Obi Cubana

By Adesina Soyooye

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  has distanced the Commission from a trending photograph of its staff in a photograph with Obinna Iyiegbu, popular  as Obi Cubana. The, photograph was of young men and women, allegedly EFCC staff, crowding him, excitedly.

The photograph which surfaced Friday morning showed Cubana, surrounded by the excited young men and women, eager to associate with him.

The photograph shocked not a few people who wondered what Nigeria has been reduced to if EFCC staff could descend to taking photographs with somebody  the Commission had  arrested, interrogated for four days, and released only on Thursday night. Others hailed Cubana.

If true, the implications are that the EFCC staff were impressed with him, they found him innocent, and he is a role model.

But the EFCC has dismissed the trending photograph as fake. In a release signed by the Commission’s Head, Media &Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC said the photograph was not taken on its premises. More important, it said none of those who appeared in the photograph is its staff, or even remotely known to the Commission.

The Commission dismissed it as a “mischievous stunt by Cubana’s publicists.”

Following is EFCC’s Press Release:

FAKE News: EFCC Disowns Trending Cubana Photograph

“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to disclaim a trending photograph in the social media purported to have been taken by socialite Obi Cubana in the premises of the Commission, crowded by people described as staff of the EFCC.

“The said picture captioned: EFCC Crew poses for quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman, Obi Cubana, was not taken in EFCC facility and the people therein are unknown to the Commission.

“The Commission warns the public not to be misled by another mischievous stunt by Cubana’s publicists.”

Obi Cubana, celebrated socialite and businessman was arrested by the EFCC on November 1, 2021. He was interrogated for four days by the Commission on allegations bordering on money laundering and tax fraud, and released on bail Thursday evening