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BREAKING: EFCC Operatives banned from conducting night raids across Nigeria

Ola Olukoyede has banned EFCC Operatives from conducting night raids across all parts of Nigeria.

 

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CityNews reports that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has ordered that sting operations at night be stopped in all the commission’s commands.

This Nigeria news platform understands that Olukoyede gave the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, in reaction to the arrest of 69 suspected internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun State, by operatives of the Ibadan zonal command of the EFCC.

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The spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale made the development known in a statement obtained by our correspondent.

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Oyewale said, “The chairman gave the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 in reaction to the arrest of 69 suspected internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun State, by operatives of the Ibadan zonal command of the commission.

 

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“Already, many of the suspects duly profiled by the command have been released, while profiling of suspects yet unreleased will be completed, without further delay.

 

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“The commission wishes to assure the public that it will not relent in its adherence to the rule of law, in the exercise of its mandate.”

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