The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday, said there are no plans to arrest the outgoing governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha or any other serving governor at the end of their tenure, Igbere TV reports.
This was in response to a report that the commission was planning to arrest three state governors immediately they lose their immunity on May 29.
Igbere TV recalls that a national news daily had reported that the EFCC was raising a team to grill three outgoing governors at the end of their tenure.
The national daily listed Governors of Imo, Rochas Okorocha, Ogun, Ibikunle Amosun and Zamfara, Abulaziz Yari as the three governors.
The newspaper claimed that ahead of May 29, 2019, handover date to newly elected governors of these states, the Commission has set up teams to probe some governors accused of perpetuating acts of corruption.
Reacting, however, the EFCC in a statement obtained Sunday night by Igbere TV, said the reporter did not give the composition and terms of reference of the purported teams set up by the commission.
The anti-graft agency said it does not go after anybody, including ex-governors on speculative grounds.
The Commission, therefore, called on the media to be circumspect and verify their stories before going to press.
