Nigeria: EFCC Accuses Opponents of Cloning the e-mail Address

Abuja — Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described as cheap blackmail and an act of desperation, a statement credited to it "in which spurious and ridiculous allegations" were made against Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, and even the EFCC Chairman, Farida Waziri, her self.

A statement by the commission on Tuesday accused those behind the statement of "cloning the e-mail address of the commission's spokesman, Femi Babafemi, and using same to send their own statement to media organisations, including on-line publications, some of which had already published the so-called statement which was written in bad language and taste".

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