The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) has released a statement on media reports for the past 2 days about the anti-graft agency allegedly freezing seven accounts belonging to the Adeleke family.
The rumours had also alleged that the account of pop star Davido (real name David Adeleke) as well as that of his uncle, Ademola Adeleke, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)‘s candidate for the September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun State.
Davido has been very vocal about his support for his uncle’s governorship bid and even performed at his rally on Saturday.
In a statement on Sunday, the EFCC said it “did not freeze the Adelekes’ accounts.” It also called on members of the public to disregard the report, which it said “is patently false and contrived to dress the agency with a partisan garb in the unfolding political contest in Osun State.”
According to the statement, “For the avoidance of doubt, at no time did the EFCC place a freeze order on any account belonging to members of the Adeleke family”.
“The purported freeze order which has unfortunately been amplified by pliable sections of the media without any attempt at confirmation, is alien to the Commission and another example of fake news”.
“The EFCC frowns at the seeming attempts by faceless forces to drag it into the political fray and, for the umpteenth time, restates its neutrality as a law enforcement organization that is sworn to uphold the law at all times, irrespective whose interest is at stake”.
A tweet shared by ChangeTheChange (PDP Twitter handle) which Davido had retweeted suggested the Federal government as being responsible for the development.
However, after a fan showed surprise Davido’s bank account was allegedly affected, the DMW boss in a rather corky fashion bragged that the alleged freeze may not affect his uncle’s gubernatorial bid as he dropped comments like, ‘Make dem go Wells Fargo for Atlanta na’.
Davido only yesterday officially called off his US Tour and is scheduled to return home to campaign vigorously for his uncle to win Osun governorship election which holds next weekend, September 22.
BREAKING NEWS:
EFCC freezes 7 different bank account of the Adeleke family (@IsiakaAdeleke1 PDP gubernatorial Candidate's family) including that of @iam_Davido and his multi billionaire dad.
On the other hand, PMB releases N16B to @raufaregbesola to rig election. pic.twitter.com/RyUQ2Z1tOL
— ChangeTheChange (@PDP_2019) September 14, 2018