Social media reactions have trailed the return of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Recently, the official account of the EFCC disappeared on X.
The landing page of the account, which had over two million followers, read: ‘The term you entered did not bring up any results. Please try again later”.
Reacting to the development, Dele Oyewale, spokesperson of the EFCC, said the account was not hacked while claiming that it experienced downtime due to upgrades.
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“You know when there is an upgrade in a system, it may be temporarily down and inaccessible. We are doing the upgrade to serve the public better. You can see that other social media pages of the commission are still functional,” Oyewale
On Thursday, the anti-graft agency returned to X after a 21-day hiatus on the microblogging platform.
EFCC posted a cartoon image showing an eagle dragging a net filled with people with the caption “There are some birds you can not keep down”.
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Some X users who commented on the post taunted the anti-graft agency for its inability to arrest Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state.
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There are some birds that can not fly to Kogi State pic.twitter.com/bXbvbrIag0
— Nwafresh 🍥 (@Nwafresh) August 29, 2024
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We can’t take you serious until👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/tJEFImRUaf
— Queen Bee 👑 🐝 (@RealQueenBee__) August 29, 2024
I don look the net tire, I never see Yahaya Bello, El Rufai, Ganduje (video evidence even dey), Obiano etc for inside abi na only Nigeria youth una carry? pic.twitter.com/KZNGVU6X1S
— Yungchief (@yungchief88) August 29, 2024
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So why has this bird not caught Yahaya Bello yet?
— Churchhill Not Winston 🇨🇦🇳🇬 (@Idiegbe_yanose) August 29, 2024
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Some birds are now fraid to fly to Kogi State. Because of one yahaya Bello 😂👇👇 https://t.co/bMIJQaEU1n pic.twitter.com/13nNEz8mDU
— WHAT IS WRITTEN IS WRITTEN 🗒️✍️ (@EvangRobinso) August 29, 2024
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There are some bird that cannot fly to Kogi State. 😂😂
Credit: @Nwafresh https://t.co/z99Loo8iIb pic.twitter.com/Y6HwfIVfeQ
Advertisement— Thomas Bright (@OfficialDadyA2) August 29, 2024
The anti-graft agency has been unable to arrest Bello, former Kogi state governor, after declaring him wanted over alleged corruption.
On August 20, the court of appeal in Abuja ordered Bello to surrender himself to the EFCC for arraignment.
The commission had charged Bello with alleged money laundering, breach of trust, and the misappropriation of N80.2 billion.
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