Nigeria, March 23 -- A document exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES has confirmed reports that businesswoman Aisha Achimugu is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The document has also countered intense media campaigns by Ms Achimugu's camp pushing a false narrative that the EFCC is not probing her.

This newspaper earlier reported how Ms Achimugu fled Nigeria after failing to honour an invitation by the EFCC.

However, after the report ran, Ms Achimugu's aide intensified media campaigns denying her ongoing probe by the EFCC.

Several reports in digital and social media quoted unnamed sources as denying her ongoing probe and invitation by the anti-graft agency.

EFCC insiders had told our reporter...