By Clifford Ndujihe

THE Rivers State Government has denied making repeated withdrawals from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Zenith Bank to the tune of 11 billion naira and urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to work within the law.

Reacting to media reports that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has directed the EFCC to probe the withdrawals allegedly made by one Mr.  Kingsley Fubara, said to be a Director of Finance and Administration, in the Rivers State Government House on behalf of the government between December 2015 and February 2016, Dr. Austin Tam-George, the Commissioner for Information and Communication, said there was nothing like that.

“The Rivers State Government has no record of any staff known as Kingsley Fubara”, he said.

Tam George said it would be illegal and ridiculous if the AGF directed the EFCC to probe these so-called withdrawals because “by law, the Rivers State Government is accountable to the Rivers State House of Assembly and the people of Rivers State, not to the Attorney General of the Federation.”