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Sacked Amnesty boss Boroh vows to drag media houses to court over $9m claim
The recently sacked coordinator of Amnesty Programme and former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh, has refuted claims that $9 million cash was found in his residence and vowed to sue media house that publish such.
Reports in some media platforms had claimed that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) discovered $9 million cash at Boroh’s residence following a raid of his home.
But addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the Wife of the embattled Boroh, Mrs. Ibinye Boroh, denied any such finding as published in some media platforms, saying that the allegation was a fabrication of lies, malicious and designed to misinform the public.
She said, “My attention has been drawn to the publication in some of the Nigerian media particularly the front page of Thisday Newspaper to the effect that $9 million was recovered by the operatives of the EFCC from our house and premises in the course of their search.
“This is to inform the general public that no cash was discovered and could not have been discovered by government operatives during their search in our house last Monday.
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“The publication by a section of the press stating the contrary is fabricated, false in its entirety, malicious and calculated to mislead the public.”
Boroh was recently relieved of his duties by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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