The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, has denied using excessive force to apprehend 127 alleged online fraudsters at two clubs in Akure, Ondo State, including two women.
According to a statement titled “EFCC Akure Arrest: Setting the Records Straight, signed by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Sunday, the agency stressed it would subject the trending video to forensic analysis and establish its falsehood in order to prepare a case against ‘purveyors of the distasteful stunt.”
While appealing on people to disregard the video, Oyewale stated:
Oyewale also stated that no damage was done to the CCTV facility at the scene of the arrest, and that the device was removed by club staff at the request of Commission operatives in order to preserve the footage for further analysis of each of the arrested suspects’ roles in the alleged crime.
“Specifically, one of the arrested suspects, the manager of the Club, who confessed to the crime and directed the removal of the CCTV device for further investigative works by the Commission, is in the custody of the EFCC with the CCTV. He is assisting in the investigation of the crime,” he added.
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