Former Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has asked his supporters to keep quiet and be law-abiding as there was no cause for alarm.
Ambode, in an announcement by his media associate, Mr. Habib Aruna, talked on the scenery of a hunt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on his Epe home and Parkview Ikoyi residence where the anti-graft agency conducted the exercise without any incident.
He said the Commission has not opened any immediate correspondence with him on any issue, including that he was prepared and willing to react if or when they do as such.
The statement peruses: “This morning, operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission visited the Epe Country home and Parkview Ikoyi residence of Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, former Governor of Lagos State, with warrants to conduct a search. These searches were carried out extensively and at the end of the exercise the operatives left without any incident.
“The former Governor reiterates that the EFCC has till date not had any direct communication with him on any subject matter whatsoever and if or when it occurs he is ready and willing to respond.
“The former governor wishes to assure his supporters and the generality of Lagosians to continue to remain calm and law-abiding as there is no cause for alarm.”
The former governor repeated his faith in the standard of law and fair treatment and stays appreciative for the chance to have served Lagos State diligently and conscientiously.
It would be reviewed that Ambode, in a prior reaction to charges by the EFCC that it had frozen certain accounts connected to him, demanded that no account of his contained N9.9bn not to mention being frozen by the Commission as those accounts were opened and worked by the Lagos State Government.
