Last week, the Economic And Financial Crimes
Commission ,EFCC declared the Vaswani Brothers
wanted over alleged N3billion fraud.But the Vaswanis
later said they were surprised by such move by
the Commission.They even accused the EFCC of being
used by their business rivals.Such comments from
the Vaswanis have drawn the ire of the EFCC.In a
statement today, the Commission has taken
exception to the tactics adopted by the Vaswani
Brothers.The full text of a statement released by
Femi Babafemi ,the Commission`s spokesman a few
minutes ago reads thus:
''The attention of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to the series
of press statements issued by the Vaswani brothers
and the Stallion Group within the last 48 hours over
the N3billion fraud allegation for which they are
being investigated.
''While the EFCC is not
interested in being drawn into a media exchange with
the Vaswani brothers and their business empire, it
is obvious that their statements have been slanted
to impugn on the integrity of the Commission and
mock its powers to discharge its statutory
responsibilities.
''The Commission therefore
wishes to state that no level of blackmail will
distract it from its cause of investigating the
matter under focus and recovering the money for the
government and people of Nigeria.
''Since the Vaswani brothers
have not denied that the N3 Billion fraud allegation
is not real, it stands to reason that they have a
case to answer. As such, it is only honourable for
them to make themselves available for investigation
rather than staying away to throw stones at the
Commission in an attempt to blackmail a government
agency carrying out its statutory responsibilities.
''This will surely not
work.''
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