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Hakeem Odumosu, a retired assistant inspector general of police (AIG), is embarrassed by the rumour on social media that he has been appointed as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), TheCable understands.

In a phone chat with TheCable, an associate of the former Lagos state commissioner of police said Odumosu was embarrassed by the widespread rumour “as there is no substance to it”.

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the current chairman, was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on June 14 but remains the substantive chief executive until he is removed.

Odumosu will also have to undergo senate screening if he is appointed.

However, reports that he had been appointed trended on social media on Tuesday without any attribution.

Presidency did not issue any statement to make the announcement, as it usually does.

“Odumosu was so embarrassed he had to be making calls to all the key people he knew to confirm if it was true but there was no confirmation from any one,” the source said.

On Tuesday morning, Odumosu himself sent a text message to his friends and associates debunking the report.

“Good Morning everyone,” he wrote.

“I have been inundated with so many calls and messages between yesterday and today on a purported ‘EFCC Appointment’. I just want to use this opportunity to debunk this information and say it’s totally untrue.

“This information must have emanated from Mischief Makers and should be totally disregarded.”