The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) has  described  as cheap blackmail , attempts by some politicians to link its on-going investigation of  fraud allegations in some states of the federation to the 2011 elections.

The commission, in a statement on Friday,  said insinuations in media reports that it is targeting pro-zoning governors ahead of the 2011 elections are  aimed at  freezing  its hands.

It however vowed that no amount of propaganda or campaign of calumny will stop it from carrying out its statutory responsibilities of investigating and prosecuting economic and financial crimes in any part of the country.

According to the statement, “We have a legitimate duty to investigate and prosecute all forms of economic and financial crimes in all parts of the federation. This, we have been doing since the inception of the commission in 2003 and will continue to do within the ambit of the law.

“It is on record that the commission has continued to investigate various fraud allegations in several states of  the federation, local government councils, federal agencies and private establishments.

“As such, our ongoing investigations of multi-billion naira fraud allegations in Kebbi, Kwara, Imo, Jigawa and Rivers  states are not different from what we have done in other states before now,” she said.