EFCC Did Not Arrest Me – Ekweremadu

Former Deputy of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has described as false reports that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, Ekweremadu, described the story as “unholy imagination of the authors and their sponsors”

Ekweremadu who dismissed the report, however assured his supporters that there was nothing to worry about.

According to a statement by his Media Adviser, Uche Anichukwu, the senator opined: “In a post vide his verified Facebook account, @iamekweremadu, the Senator said: “My attention has been called to a fake story making the round purporting that I was arrested by the EFCC. I could not have bothered about such spurious tales, but for the concerns shown by my friends and supporters through calls and messages.

“There was no such arrest and I have never been arrested by the EFCC.

“The public should, therefore, ignore this and other such hatchet reports and smear campaigns as they only represent the unholy imaginations of the authors and their sponsors”.