The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday, broke its silence on a viral list of ex-governors purportedly under investigation for alleged corruption.

On Saturday, several reports emerged in the media that 58 former governors were under the radar of the anti-graft agency, accused of misappropriating N2.187 trillion within 25 years.

According to reports, the 58 former governors from across the country were being probed, while others have been investigated and prosecuted.

But in a statement, the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, debunked the reports as “false and misleading”.

He said the “so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors.”

“The EFCC feels obliged to dissociate itself from a phantom report circulating in sections of the media claiming it has released a full list of ex- governors being investigated for alleged corruption,” the statement read.

“The report headlined: ‘EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex- Governors that Embezzled N2 .187 Trillion’, in one of the news outlets, is false and mischievous as the Commission neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-governors with any news medium.”

The anti-graft agency urged the public to disregard the report, saying “it is false and misleading.”

It also urged media practitioners to crosscheck facts about matters under investigation with the Commission to avoid misleading the public with false and inaccurate reports.