Press Statement
By Wilson
Uwujaren
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| Jarret Tenebe/Sahareporters |
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has
been drawn to a report entitled, Crude Oil Theft: PDP Governorship Candidate
Jarret Tenebe, Arrested, Implicates Jonathan’s former Chief of Staff, Anenih and
Petroleum Minister, which appeared on Saharareporters, an online
news service, on Thursday, September 11, 2014.
The said report, quoting unnamed sources at the EFCC, made wide ranging
allegations linking top government officials, both former and serving, to the
activities of a certain, Jarret Tenebe, a suspect who is under investigation
for oil theft.
The attributions ascribed to the unknown and unnamed EFCC source is
shocking as it runs contrary to the established media protocol at the
Commission. For the benefit of members of the public who may have been misled
by the attributions, all information emanating from the EFCC to the media are
authenticated by the designated official spokesperson, which is not the case
with this report.
Equally distasteful was the obvious attempt to tar the agency as a
pliable institution that is susceptible to manipulation by vested interests.
Claims, that the Commission “had been under intense pressure from several
quarters to muddle up the case in order to spring the suspect free” is an
ingenious invention to impugn the integrity of the EFCC.
It is important to state here that no serving or former petroleum
resources minister or public figure has been linked to the investigation in
question.
Consequently, the Commission dissociates itself from the report in its
entirety.
However, the matter for which Tenebe, the managing director of Fenix
Impex Limited was arrested is still under investigation and in due course the
Commission will make its findings public.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
12th September, 2014
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