EFCC operatives to face disciplinary panel over alleged assault of girl

The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has arrange a disciplinary panel to research two operatives accused of assaulting a girl throughout their crew’s raid on a lodge in Lagos final week.

A press assertion by the fee on Sunday mentioned the chairperson of the anti-graft company, Ola Olukoyede, raised the committee “to look into the case” which occurred at Regional Resort, Ojo, Lagos, on Thursday.

“Olukoyede ordered the arrest of the 2 officers and has directed them to look earlier than a joint Disciplinary Crew comprising the Appointment, Promotion and Disciplinary Committee, APDC and the Division of Ethics and Integrity,” mentioned the assertion signed by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.

The press assertion, just like the earlier ones from fee in regards to the incident since Thursday, didn’t reveal the identities of the 2 officers.

The fee repeated on Sunday that the officers have been caught on digicam assaulting the girl throughout the operation on the Lagos lodge.

The 2 officers are billed to look earlier than the dsciplinary panel on the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Monday, 1 July, the fee mentioned on Sunday.

It added that the disciplinary panel is predicted to research the allegations towards the officers “and advocate applicable disciplinary measures to be taken towards them.”

Mr Olukoyede “confused that no stone will probably be left unturned in getting the officers to account for his or her unprofessional conduct,” the assertion mentioned additional.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the EFCC chair ordered the arrest of the the 2 officers captured on digicam assaulting a girl in a lodge room in Lagos on Thursday.

Video clip

A video clip which went viral on-line on Thursday confirmed about 5 EFCC operatives in tactical vests break right into a room via the door. As quickly as they entered the room, one in all them started to slap repeatedly a girl they met seated on the mattress.

The girl didn’t attempt to battle again or wrestle with the operatives.

EFCC described the girl as a employees member of the lodge.

Social media commentators, who additionally shared totally different video clips capturing scenes from the EFCC operation, mentioned each the employees and company of the lodge have been assaulted by the fee’s operatives.

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The operatives led the girl out of the room after the quick scene. Two of the operatives might be seen inspecting the drawer of a desk within the room. One among them picked up one thing, which was not clear within the video clip reviewed by our reporter, earlier than leaving the room.

“This operation led to the arrest of a large variety of suspects who’re at present being profiled,” the assertion mentioned.

Arrests

In the meantime, the fee introduced the arrest of 117 suspected web fraudsters on the lodge in a later assertion on Thursday.

“The suspects have been arrested at Regional Resort, Iyana- Ishasi, Lagos in a sting operation, following verified intelligence about their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud,” the assertion acknowledged.

The assertion mentioned operatives recovered gadgets, together with cellphones, laptops and 4 vehicles from the suspects a the purpose of arrest on Thursday.

“They are going to be charged to courtroom as quickly as investigations are concluded,” the assertion added.