{"id":121264,"date":"2025-08-06T20:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121264"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:18:16","slug":"efcc-boss-denies-forcing-ojulari-to-resign-demands-retraction-of-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/efcc-boss-denies-forcing-ojulari-to-resign-demands-retraction-of-report\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Boss Denies Forcing Ojulari to Resign, Demands Retraction of Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has denied reports alleging that he, alongside the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, coerced the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, into resigning.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy erupted following a report published on August 2, 2025, by an online medium claiming that Ojulari was compelled to sign a resignation letter during a high-level meeting in Abuja, allegedly under pressure from both Olukoyede and Ajayi.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report further claimed that Ojulari was interrogated over his purported relationship with Olatimbo Ayinde, a British-Nigerian oil magnate who, according to unnamed sources, is said to have significant influence in the current administration. The situation reportedly escalated when Ojulari was later summoned to the Presidential Villa, where First Lady Senator Remi Tinubu was said to have strongly opposed his resignation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to the growing speculation and public reaction, the EFCC Chairman, through his lawyer Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), issued a letter to the publication, dismissing the allegations as a malicious fabrication intended to damage his personal and professional integrity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe publications and the imputations conveyed by them are so damning and cannot be ignored or treated with levity,\u201d said Olumide-Fusika in the statement issued Wednesday by the EFCC\u2019s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olukoyede particularly refuted the claim that he acted under the influence of Olatimbo Ayinde, describing the suggestion as a grave attempt to undermine public trust in the EFCC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter, addressed to the editor of the publication, reads:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAcknowledge your wrongdoing, expressly admit that what you published and imputed against my client are false, apologise for it unreservedly and retract and pull down the stories from your newspaper website and social media handles.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EFCC Chairman argued that the publication sought to paint him as \u201csomeone that has betrayed and subverted public trust by submitting the authority of his public office and trust as Chairman of the EFCC to the dictates and directives of one Olatimbo Ayinde.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Labeling the story a &#8220;complete fabrication,&#8221; Olukoyede demanded a full retraction and public apology to be issued within 48 hours on all platforms where the report was published. His legal team warned of legal consequences should the medium fail to comply.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAny failure of compliance with these instructions will result in the issuance of a writ in the tort of defamation,\u201d the letter warned.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of the time of this report, the publication in question has not been publicly retracted in response to the EFCC Chairman\u2019s demands.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has denied reports alleging that he, alongside the Director General of the Department of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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