Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa said the commission did not recover nor did it auction a diamond bra worth $12.5 million purported belonging to a former Petroleum minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Media reports had said that the Commission recovered the precious item when its operatives raided an apartment owned by the former minister.
Bawa dismissed the reports as untrue.
He spoke when he featured on TV Continental’s “Your View” programme on Wednesday.
The EFCC chairman also rebutted claims that the commission had auctioned property seized from Alison-Madueke.
Read him on Alison-Madueke’s property: “The government has not sold a single property recovered.”
On the diamond bra that was seized from the ex-minister, Bawa said: “You (the media) have accused us several times of media trial but I think it is good to be fair to everybody at all times.
“Justice is a two-way thing, there was nothing like diamond bra. It is just the creation of the social media, I can tell you that for free because I’m the lead investigator.
“I’m not aware of it. If there is something like that, I should know because I led the search.”
Several newspapers, had reported that a bra called “Heavenly Stars” and made by Victoria Secrets was among Alison-Madueke’s luxury possessions seized by the EFCC.
Sundry media reports had claimed that it was one of the most expensive bras in the world with 1,200 pink Sapphires and diamonds at the center of it.
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