Diezani Allison-Madueke


Even as former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke distances herself from a story alleging that she entrusted over $9 billion to Dauda Lawal Dare, the current governor of Zamfara State, while he was an Executive Director with First Bank, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has rebuked the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for amplifying the controversial fake news  publication on it’s Instagram account.


Both the newspaper which originally published the story and EFCC have pulled down the story from their online platforms.


However, the Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the anti-graft agency and demanded an apology an apology for the unprofessional role it played in spreading the fake news


According to Zamfara PDP Publicity Secretary, Abba Oando,  Gov  Lawal Dare  was acquitted of all corruption charges by Nigeria’s Supreme Court on March 12, 2021.


The PDP scribe  expressed disappointment with the EFCC for allegedly allowing fake news to be published on its platform, contending  that “Pulling down the fake story is not sufficient. The anti-corruption body should issue a disclaimer and promptly apologise for this avoidable and costly unprofessionalism.”


In a follow up to the controversial fake news where Allison-Madueke allegedly made the alleged confessions, the online newspaper, Premium Times obtained an exclusive interview with the former Minister where she d outrightly dismissed the story by as fiction: "I did not grant an interview to anyone and therefore did not say any of the things attributed to me. It is fake news concocted for reasons I do not know”