The former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Committee, Kingsley Kuku, monday said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had not frozen any of his bank account.
The clarification of Kuku was contained in a statement by his media aide, Yemi Akintomide, describing the report that his account was frozen as falsehood, untrue and politically motivated to tarnish his image and smear his hard-earned reputation.
Kuku said the account which was referred to in the report belonged to the charity organisation named after his mother, Mrs. Keketobou Kuku which was formed to meet the immediate needs of widows, orphans and downtrodden in his Ijaw speaking communities of Ese-Odo Local Government of Ondo State.
He said the foundation was established as part of his gestures and determination to give back to his final place of return in life.
“The foundation has only N720,484 as balance as at today which is the proceeds of Hon. Kingsley Kuku published and launched book titled “Remaking The Niger Delta: Challenges and Opportunities” and it was donated for charity purposes as a public officer.
“What on earth links my face to the alleged story about NIMASA?
“It is still all part of the anti-Jonathan onslaught. I am open to investigation as a public officer but the ongoing activities of the ‘goebellic’ distortion by the anti-graft agencies and some sections of the media create in the heart of it all suspicion of witch-hunt and bad politics.
“I hope no desperate elements would deposit illicit funds into the foundation’s account to implicate me because the full details of the account from opening to date is with us,
“Again, what links this foundation to their so-called alleged seized billions and phantom security claims? I sincerely smell a rat as the account in question was not mine but a foundation account.”
“Kuku was never linked in whatever way to either Mr. Kime Engozi or the N30billion Maritime University contract at Okerenkoko in the Gbaramatu area of Delta State as claimed by the report, he said.”
Disturbed by the report, the former presidential adviser demanded the immediate retraction of the said news item and an unreserved apology to correct the bad impression the news has placed upon his integrity.
