How $800m Was Discovered At Former lkpeazu’s Home

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Umuahia, Abia state – A viral photo claimed a pile of cash was discovered by men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) in the house of the immediate past governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu.

Those circulating the claim allege that the money found at Ikpeazu’s house amounted to 800 million dollars.

Ikpeazu is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a two-term governor of Abia state.

On the other hand, the EFCC is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud and money laundering.

The post concerning Ikpeazu was well-circulated on the social networking site, Facebook, and it included a picture of huge cash. It was also sighted in X (formerly Twitter

But in response, the former Governor of Abia state in a text message via WhatsApp to Topnewsngr described the video as “fake and reasonably impossible. Abia has not earned such amount in the past 16 yrs at an average of 4bn a month Abia would earn 48 bn a year and in 10 yrs it will earn 400bn ! So where will anyone get such homongous numbers”
He said “the picture is photoshopped from the internet and posted as propaganda! To distract attention! why has it not featured in any regular media space. Many credible outlets and reputable media outfits have since debunked it, so it is false and should be discarded.

Furthermore, our correspondent reports that considering Ikpeazu’s status in Nigeria, the news of such a discovery in his house would have been widely reported on media platforms....

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