EFCC arrests blogger over ‘fake’ report on cell, detainees

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Wednesday arrested a blogger identified as Dikeocha Chukwuebuka for allegedly misrepresenting the Commission’s cell in a publication.

Chukwuebuka had published a picture of a crowded open cell in his Twitter handle @TheRealDayne, claiming that the facility belonged to the Port Harcourt office of the EFCC.

The Zonal Head of the EFCC, Port Harcourt, Mr. Usman Imam, who paraded the blogger on Thursday, said he was arrested at about 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday inside a new generation bank in Port Harcourt.

According to him, Chukwuebuka’s arrest was a fulfillment of a promise he had made to track and apprehend the author of the malicious tweet.

The EFCC official said the tweet was a “most embarrassing moment for the Commission because the report “represented the very opposite of what the EFCC stands for, as far as care of detainees is concerned.”

READ ALSO: Iwu begs court to transfer fraud trial to Abuja over age

He said: “I want to assure the suspect and indeed the media, that the Commission would follow through this investigation and ensure that justice is served in accordance with the law.”

He warned social media influencers to be circumspect in using unverified information in order to save the society from the ordeal of fake news.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now