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Hushpuppi: Mompha Denies Saying EFCC Asks Him to Keep Low Profile
Internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, has denied the report credited to him that he was advised to maintain low profile after the arrest of Ramon Abass popularly known as Hushpuppi.
The internet celebrity said the comment he made during his interview on Instagram LIVE with an On-Air Personality (OAP), Daddy Freeze, was misinterpreted.
His denial came the second day when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made falsifying claims that it never advised Mompha to keep low profile.
Mompha and his firm, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd, are currently facing money laundering charges at the Federal High Court in Lagos.
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“The EFCC wishes to dissociate itself from claims by Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, currently circulating in the social media, that he was advised by the Commission to maintain a low profile in the wake of the indictment of his friend, Abbas Ramon alias Hushpuppi in a $1.1m international fraud conspiracy by US Law enforcement.
“The claim which did not mention the office of the Commission who supposedly gave the advice is spurious and should be discountenanced,” the EFCC statement said.
In a statement published on his Instagram page, Mompha called on the public to discountenance the story, adding that he was not in anyway involved in hushpuppy predicament.
The statement partly read, “My attention has been drawn to the false publication on all social media platforms and online news tagged ‘Mompha: EFCC told me to maintain a low profile after hushpuppi’s arrest’ which is presently going viral.
“This has come as a great surprise to me, as I neither made such statement nor insinuated anything of such via any means or platform.
“I want to use this medium to categorically state that the statement currently circulating the social media and online space is false and devoid of any iota of truth.
“At no time whatsoever did EFCC or any member of its staff told me to maintain a low profile in relation to Hush’s arrest.
“I only made reference to a minor incident that occurred last year that resulted in me deleting my pictures and later reposting them which only has to do with my personal and private affair.
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