Hours after celebrity entrepreneur Obi Cubana was released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, it has disowned a photo linking Cubana with the commision’s staff.
Cubana was arreted on Monday and released on Thursday, on alleged money laundering issues.
On Friday, however, the photo surfaced, with the indication that the people surrounding Cubana in it are EFCC staff in the euphoria of his celebrity status.
This is the statement from EFCC:
FCC Press Release
FAKE News: EFCC Disowns Trending Cubana Photograph
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to disclaim a trending photograph in the social media purported to have been taken by socialite Obi Cubana in the premises of the Commission, crowded by people described as staff of the EFCC.
The said picture captioned: EFCC Crew poses for quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman, Obi Cubana, was not taken in EFCC facility and the people therein are unknown to the Commission.
The Commission warns the public not to be misled by another mischievous stunt by Cubana’s publicists.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
5 November, 2021
