DASUKIGATE : EFCC apologises over erroneous and outrageous figures and military rank

After being lambasted by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of Federal High Court Abuja, the EFCC has issued a statement to clear the air, over its misleading information on alleged funds misappropriated in ONSA and for wrongly referring to Nicholas Ashinze as retired army colonel.

“At the resumed hearing on March 21, the defence brought to the notice of court, the press release of March 8 by the EFCC‎ where the amount involved in the case was given as N38.6bn and the first defendant, Ashinze addressed as retired Colonel.

“Upon this observation the court ordered the Commission to publish a retraction and adjourned to April 13.

“The Commission states that the error in figure was a mix-up in the body of the release as the headline reflected the correct information. The reference to Ashinze as retired is regretted. We have since discovered that he is a serving Colonel in the Nigerian Army”, the statement reads.