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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed and raided 2 fashionable nightclubs and lounges successful Akure, Ondo State, connected Saturday.
Following the operation, the anti-graft bureau reportedly arrested 50 suspected net fraudsters, including a groom-to-be who was celebrating his bachelor’s eve astatine 1 of the clubs with his friends.
The personnel, who stormed the highbrow Alagbaka axis of the Akure metropolis successful antithetic cars astir 1:00 a.m., changeable sporadically into the air. Vehicles, laptops, blase phones and different items were confiscated. CCTV astatine the scenes was allegedly removed by the operatives during the operations.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee connected Human Rights and Member representing Ondo East/West Federal Constituency, Abiola Makinde, has condemned the development.
Makinde, successful a connection signed by his media aide, Moshood Alli, described the raid arsenic an penetration of the privateness of guiltless citizens of Nigeria.
He said, “The quality astir the EFCC raid astatine Signatures Club is rather disturbing. I really spoke with the caput of the team. He informed maine that they person their orders and quality reports. I’ll admonish our radical to stay calm portion this substance is investigated and resolved.
“Absolutely, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arsenic Nigeria’s premier anti-graft agency, has a captious relation successful combating fiscal crimes. However, it is imperative that, successful the pursuit of justice, the EFCC adheres strictly to the principles of quality rights.
“Reports of raids starring to violations of idiosyncratic dignity and privacy, specified arsenic the incidental involving a erstwhile Big Brother Naija housemate, item the request for the EFCC to behaviour operations with respect for the instrumentality and quality decency.
“Please enactment that the agency’s mandate to analyse fiscal crimes does not exempt it from the work to respect quality rights, which includes ensuring that raids are conducted legally, with due warrants, and without undue harm to individuals.
“The concerns raised by assorted incidents underscore the value of accountability and adherence to quality rights standards to support nationalist spot successful instrumentality enforcement agencies.
“I’ll activate the State Director of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr. Sunday Oyewole, to look into the matter. Any violations volition beryllium addressed betwixt the 2 national agencies.”
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