Fact-Check: Does Abia Govt forbid EFCC, a youth release order arrested as claimed by the Facebook page?

Claiming: The state government Abia banned EFCC from operating in the state, ordered the liberation of the youth arrested.

Indictment: FALSE.

Complete text: Facebook TV has begun to circulate an article Claimingthat the state government of Abia prevented officials of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) from making arrests in the state.

According to the post, the state government led by Governor Alex Otti from blocking the convoy of the commission, prevented him from transferring young people arrested from state to Abuja, EFCC headquarters.

EFCC was established to fight economic and financial crime; To prevent, investigate, demand, and punish economic and financial crimes.

According to a statement associated with Otti at the post, he said: “Aba’s son is not a thief or a thief. There is no arrest of such people who will occur under my supervision. Returning to Sokoto and arresting Fulani’s pastor, not an innocent ABA youth.”

The same narrative posted On the Facebook page, IGBO Times Magazine News, on May 10, to its followers 162K. The page claims the Governor prohibits EFCC from operating in the state.

Verification

Ripples Nigeria searches keywords to check whether the mainstream media also publishes the same story. But it was found that no mainstream media published the story.

Stories like that are not possible to miss the mainstream media.

Nigerian ripples further check website and social media handle EFCC for information. However, there is no information related For the story of making a round.

Likewise, the examination of the social media grip of the state government did not reveal the results related to the story circulating.

Facebook TV handling has not yet provided information sources.

The link attached to the story by the IGBO Times Magazine leads back to the betting site.

The findings also show that the images attached to the post have been displayed in old news online, and are not related to the state of Abia.

Conclusion

There is no credible media outlet, or the administration of Abia’s state government reports that the story is sold by a Facebook page that is prohibited by the Government of the State of Abia and prevents EFCC to make arrests in the state.

Facebook pages can not provide more information about the story.

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