The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has described as blatant lie the claim by the Enugu-based Catholic priest, Reverend father Ejike Mbaka, that his accounts had been frozen by the commission.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, told Daily Independent that “There is no truth in the story and there is nothing like that. Our men have not frozen and do not intend to freeze the account of cleric as he claimed.”
The media had reported that Mbaka at his Wednesday Adoration Mass for the sick and needy narrated to his congregation how he went to withdraw money to buy food items for the poor that relocated from Northern Nigeria because of the election but to his surprise his cheques were returned.
The report further claimed that when he (Mbaka) enquired why he could not make any withdrawals, he was told that the EFCC directed his accounts to be frozen.
Mbaka also claimed that the commission is also inviting him to EFCC office in Port Harcourt for questioning.
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