The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, on Thursday, ordered the arrest of two officers of the commission allegedly involved in the manhandling of a female hotel worker in Lagos.
Olukoyede’s directive was in response to a viral video showing two officers manhandling a female hotel worker in Lagos.
The viral video showed the EFCC officials invading the Annex and Regional hotels, around 4 am on June 27, while guests were asleep. The EFCC operatives brutalised a lady, who was said to be the manager of one of the hotels, immediately after they broke into the general room where she was sleeping.
In another video, gunshots were heard as people scampered to safety at the scene of the invasion that sent shivers down the spine of workers, customers and residents living close to the hotels.
A social commentator, @pidomnigeria, who posted the videos and chronicled the circumstances surrounding the invasion on X.com, said the invasion happened in the early hours of Thursday, adding that the EFCC operatives reportedly broke into rooms in the hotels and dispossessed customers of their belongings.
The handle said some of the people arrested were still in the custody of the EFCC, adding that despite the overwhelming evidence, the EFCC would deny the case.
Hotel staff members alleged that the officials broke into rooms, assaulted guests and workers, and took away ATM cards, money, and phones.
But in a statement, the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, noted that the EFCC chairman directed a thorough investigation into the incident. Oyewale noted that the suspects arrested during the operation were still being profiled.
Olukoyede assures the general public that the EFCC would continue to ply its job professionally and with profound respect for the rule of law.
