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Pandora Papers Revelation: I’m Yet To Receive Letter From The EFCC, Says Peter Obi

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Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, says he’s but to obtain any invitation letter from the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC).

 

Leaked recordsdata, which had been reportedly retrieved from 14 offshore service companies around the globe and revealed in a Pandora Papers venture led by the Worldwide Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), and which Press Informant is part of, had proven how the previous governor Peter Obi didn’t declare property saved in tax havens.

 

Peter Obi was additionally mentioned to have been a director of Subsequent Worldwide (UK) Restricted for 14 months after turning into the governor of Anambra state, thereby breaking part 6 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, which stipulates that public workplace holders can not have interaction in or direct a personal enterprise, besides whether it is farming.

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Following the discharge of the report, the EFCC reportedly summoned Peter Obi for questioning.

 

There have been additionally unconfirmed experiences that Peter Obi had responded to the EFCC invitation, and requested the anti-graft company to make the investigation public.

 

Nevertheless, in a press release on Monday by Valentine Obienyem, his spokesman, the previous governor Peter Obi denied commenting on the invitation by the EFCC.

 

Obienyem additionally mentioned Peter Obi is but to obtain the letter from the EFCC.

“From what’s circulating, the letter seems to have been despatched to an workplace he’s not a part of and is but to succeed in him,” the assertion reads.

 

“Obi, being a law-abiding Nigerian, will honour all professional invites from authorities companies always.”