{"id":14054,"date":"2017-04-17T20:21:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T20:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14054"},"modified":"2017-04-17T20:26:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T20:26:21","slug":"recovered-15b-an-indication-that-efcc-is-working-with-bloggers-chief-osoba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14054","title":{"rendered":"Recovered 15b: An Indication That EFCC Is Working With Bloggers &#8211; Chief Osoba&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba was palpably irritated when he said, \u201cThe whole thing is a total disgrace of the highest order and there\u2019s a total display of sordid incompetence. A whistleblower should have told them.the owner of what he\u2019s blowing the whistle on. EFCC too should have taken the trouble to monitor the place and catch whoever owns it red-handed. I say it is a disgrace because a body claims to have recovered a huge sum of money and within three hours, they touted four names as the owners.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was first Muazu. Muazu denied and said he was not the owner and in any case, Muazu is not in the country. They now went on to Esther, and Esther denied. Then, they went to Anenih\u2019s daughter and that one too denied. Then, they said it was Amaechi, and Wike now came out of the blues to say it is Rivers\u2019 money. I cannot believe that a serious body would run itself into such a situation, where its credibility is being questioned. I am really not impressed at all.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=12895&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEFCC has made the mistake of confirming that the internet bloggers are their agents because all these names were being touted, not by major newspapers but internet bloggers, who are not themselves in any way professional. EFCC has to go and search itself, clear its name and stop this trial by the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say this because of the recent happenings. For instance, up till now, we don\u2019t know the owner of the N49 million found in Kaduna. Did the money fall from heaven like manna? You went to a market and you said you found N250 million and so what?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EFCC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12704\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EFCC-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EFCC-300x182.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EFCC.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are we not a cash society? Do we politicians not throw money around and pay cash to our agents during campaigns? Does that turn us into money launderers? During elections we pay our agents cash. We don\u2019t send money to them by bank transfer or cheques. Nigeria is still largely a cash society. It is not a big deal at all. There\u2019s no law that says it\u2019s a crime to keep cash in your house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo compound it all, two major agencies of government \u2013 NIA and EFCC \u2013 started to wash their linen in the public, giving the impression of lack of cooperation. NIA now lays claim to the money and we are yet to have the reaction of EFCC. It is a disgrace to our country that two sister agencies are now working against each other with inadequate cooperation. I feel shamed as a journalist that the information coming from our gencies is through the bloggers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba was palpably irritated when he said, \u201cThe whole thing is a total disgrace of the highest order and there\u2019s a total display of sordid incompetence. A whistleblower should have told them.the owner of what he\u2019s blowing the whistle on. 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