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Alhaji Liman Kantigi, the Deputy Governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 Governorship election in Niger state has denied ownership of the N2 billion in a United Bank for Africa (UBA) account linked to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The Niger State politician said he has no stake the account titled Liman and companies where the fund was discovered in a statement he released on Saturday.

Kantigi also denied allegations that he has been evading the EFCC summons.

“I acknowledge the fact that the EFCC has the constitutional right to investigate anybody they suspect, it is, however not true that I have been evading the commission. My lawyers are in touch with the EFCC and the commission is aware of this, so it is not true that I am evading the commission.

“I want to categorically state that the claim that another N2 billion in a UBA account reportedly linked to me is untrue and a figment of some peoples imagination who want to use the media to drag my name through the mud.

“I was Chairman of my Local Government with outstanding performances and a Honourable Commissioner for seven months. How could I have siphoned such amount and pushed to companies as an individual from the government agency as claimed by the medias?, ” he asked.

He, therefore, asked supporters to disregard all the news trending about him in the media.