Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, on Friday, disclosed that he was not arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), contrary to reports in some national dailies.
The former apex bank boss, however, said that he was only invited by the EFCC to make clarifications on some issues in a matter under investigation.
Professor Soludo, in a statement issued in Abuja and made available to newsmen, maintained that he voluntarily went to the EFCC office to honour the commission’s invitation.
The statement, signed on his behalf by Mr Bonaventure Melah, read in part: “We want to put it on record that media reports that Professor Chukwuma Soludo was arrested by operatives of the EFCC in Abuja is totally false or to say the least, written in error.
“The fact of the matter is that the EFCC wrote a letter to Prof. Soludo inviting him to their Abuja office on the 10th of January 2013. EFCC’s invitation letter to Prof. Soludo was dated 20th December, 2012.
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