The Kogi State Government has dismissed allegation of money laundering brought against it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, in a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja, described the allegation as sustenance of the persecution of the government by the Abdulrasheed Bawa-led EFCC.
A statement posted on the Commission’s said it arraigned some persons who were allegedly linked with laundering monies belonging to the Kogi State Government.
The statement noted that the EFCC, with its present allegations, had clearly shown that it was desperately seeking to save its face after the commission hit a roadblock in its N20bn Sterling Bank media trial.
Fanwo lamented that with the Sterling Bank affair some time ago, the Commission went to the media before proper investigation, stating that the EFCC was once again set to embarrass itself and its legacy by jumping to the media to continue its persecution of the Kogi government.
While stressing that no money belonging to the Kogi State Government was laundered, the Commissioner urged Nigerians to ask the EFCC if its “biased” corruption searchlight was only meant for Kogi State.
He noted that the EFCC’s inclination was against the acknowledgement of due process and financial accountability given to the Kogi State Government by international organisations.
He particularly cited the recent honour accorded the Kogi State Government by the World Bank-funded SFTAS project in which Kogi was lifted above peers in financial accountability.
