Nigeria, Aug. 7 -- The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has threatened legal action against online news platform Peoples Gazette over its report suggesting his involvement in the alleged abduction and forced resignation of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Bayo Ojulari.

In a statement released on Wednesday by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity at the EFCC, Mr Olukoyede described the report published on Saturday, 2 August, as false and defamatory.

He demanded a full retraction of the report and a public apology from Peoples Gazette within 48 hours. Failure to comply, the EFCC chair said, would lead to a lawsuit for defamatio...