The Executive Chairman of Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (PSUBEB), Prof. Mathew Sule, has declared that he is not on the run or trying to evade arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He also denied diverting N2bn teachers’ salary fund to his fixed deposit account.

An online publication had alleged that Prof Sule has fraudulently diverted the sum of N2bn cash meant for teachers salaries into his personal deposit account and has gone into hiding to evade arrest by the EFCC.

Prof Sule who briefed newsmen in his office Jos yesterday said, “The online report has no basis and it is a calculated attempt to tarnish my good image, as I am not even a signatory to the said bank account.

He said, “If the publication is baseless, how can I be running from EFCC arrest, when I never committed any crime.

“I am not even a signatory to the teachers’ bank account and I cannot unilaterally go and transfer any money from one account to the other, when I am not a signatory. That is not possible with the current system of transaction in the bank.

“The reporter went further to say that I am on the run, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after me and are in the state investigating some public officials. But I have not even travelled out of Jos in the past one week, I am here doing my job, this is the office and we just finished a 4-day training retreat for the newly appointed Educational Secretaries for the 17 LGAs here in Jos.”

Prof. Sule charged the leadership of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Plateau State Chapter, to caution their members who are bent on tarnishing people’s image, as well, as causing problems among citizens of the state.

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I am not hiding from EFCC – Prof Mathew Sule, Plateau SUBEB Chairman