This is coming as
indications have shown that the website of the Economic and Financial Crime
Commission (EFCC) was hacked Friday, following the purported announcement that
the Commission has some 21 executive directors of oil-chip firms in its custody
for defrauding the nation over fuel subsidy.
Speaking at the fifth-day of the on-going he said that
social media activists have helped in no small way in ensuring that Nigerians
are fed the right and correct information concerning the week-long protests
both locall across all the 36 states and some cities in the country, but also
across the world where Nigerians in diaspora have been protesting at the
embassies.
He called on Nigerians not to relent, but keep the spirit
and hope alive until such a time that President Goodluck Jonathan listens to
the voice of the people.
Bakare also noted that the protest has not been called off,
but a two-day break to enable Nigerians, especially the protesters to restock
their needs in preparation for this week as they intend to reassemble at the
various locations accepted as the ‘Freedom square’ for protesters.
According to him, the two-day break is to further send a
warning signale to the government and president Jonathan on the demands of the
Nigerian people.
In a related development, the website of the Economic and
Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) was last Friday hacked following the alleged
announcement by the Commission for arresting and detained some 21 executive
directors of oil-chip firms for defrauding the nation over fuel subsidy.
The immediate past Head, Media & Publicity Unit, EFCC, Mr. Femi
Babafemi was purportedly reported as saying in a press statement dated January
13, 2012 that those arrested were in response to fuel subsidy scam.
He also alleged to have said that operatives of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission arrested and detained at the weekend included
the managing director of CONOil, Otunba Mike Adenuga, who also is the executive
chairman, Globacom and three others.
He said these comprised of his counterparts at African
Petroleum (AP), Mr. Femi Otedola, MRS Oil, Mr. Sayyi Dantata and Mr. Adewale
Tinubu who is the Group Chief Executive of Oando plc among others.
Equally, Babafemi was reported to have disclosed that some
senior officials of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)
and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), “who defrauded the nation
several billions of Naira.”
The EFCC spokesman was further alleged to have said that in
total, “21 executive directors have been detained in all and at the moment been
interrogated over fresh information that they allegedly stole fuel subsidy
funds,” even as he promised to release more information later.
Investigations conducted by ITRealms Online indicated that
the EFCC website may have been hacked by unknown persons following agitation on
the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government, this was further
strengthen by the fact that some media organizations who rushed to the press,
especially online to announce the arrest have since yanked the announcement off
their website.
Just as it was rumoured that the said Mr. Babafemi Babalola
may have resigned from the employ of EFCC as at January 12, 2012.
However, EFCC has since Friday denied the reported arrest of
Adenuga and co.
Remmy Nweke
ITREALMS Online ... delivering news for ICT4D
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