‘Obi Cubana did not take photo with EFCC employees’

Etim Ekpimah

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has disclaimed a trending picture in the social media believed to have been taken by socialite Obi Cubana in the EFCC’s premises.

A statement by the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Thursday said the picture was not taken in EFCC’s premises.

“The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to fake news trending on social media with the caption, “EFCC Crew poses for a quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman Obi Cubana.”

“The caption is as fake as any fake news can ever be because, at no time during his ongoing investigation, a period in custody or release did Obi Cubana pose for photographs with EFCC staff,” he said in the statement.

According to him, Uncle Deji, a popular security expert using his social media handle, has further debunked the fake news, saying: “This post is deliberately misleading, this picture was taken 7th October 2021 during a book launch of Colonel Chukwu Obasi at Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja in which Obi Cubana attended as a guest.”

The statement warned members of the public to ignore the fake news and misleading imputation which has been traced to the social media account of Sabi Radio (sabiradio), which first went to town with the fake news at 1.06 pm on 5 November 2021. Sabiradio’s watermark is tell-tale on the photograph.

“The commission shall not hesitate to take urgent necessary steps to address this and other fake news seeking to drag EFCC’s hard-won name and professional reputation in the mud,” the statement added.