The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied invading the residence of the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division, Justice Ita Mbaba.
The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made the denial in a statement sent to DAILY NIGERIAN Wednesday.
Mr Uwujaren, however, disclosed that the EFCC operatives only visited the property housing Mr Mbaba on a Property Verification Exercise, “owing to a subsisting matter involving the owner of the property”.
The statement said: “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to some reports in the Social Media, alleging that its operatives in the Kano Zonal Command “invaded” the residence of the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division, Honourable Justice Ita Mbaba, located on Sheik Yusuf Adam Game street, off Race Cross Road, Nassarawa Government Reservation Area, Kano.
“While it is true that operatives of the Commission visited the property housing Hon. Justice Mbaba on a Property Verification Exercise, owing to a subsisting matter involving the owner of the property, there is no truth, linkage or nexus with any investigation of the Honourable Justice of the Court of Appeal.
“Available facts showed that Hon. Justice Mbaba is not the owner of the property and could, therefore, not be the subject of any investigation by the Commission.
“We wish to restate that Hon. Justice Ita Mbaba is not under any investigation by the EFCC.
“The Commission holds the Judiciary in optimum respect and will do nothing to embarrass any officer of the court.”
