The Rivers State Government has again joined issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which it accused of engaging on media trial.
The Rivers State Government has again joined issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , which it accused of engaging on media trial.alleging that the government attention of the Rivers State Government has refused to release top officials for interrogation in connection to the withdrawal of N118 billion in cash between 2015 and 2018.
The statement reads: “We have repeatedly said that the state government will not release its officials to the EFCC for investigations until the commission approaches the court to set aside subsisting orders of perpetual injunction granted by various courts of competent jurisdiction restraining the EFCC from investigating or inquiring into the financial transactions of the rivers state government including its ministries, departments and agencies.
“This media trial that they engage in all the time will not take the place of our extant laws no matter how hard they try.”
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