Biodun Stephen, a Nollywood filmmaker, has narrated how some officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) broke into her hotel room in Lagos.
In a post on her Instagram page, the filmmaker expressed shock over the development.
โThat is how I slept in a hotel whilst filming last week. Next thing, I open my eyes at a little past 3 am. What did I see? Two men dressed in black weapons. I thought I was dreaming. Then I heard the door to my room close.โ
โI sprang up and without thinking shouted: โstay right there!!! Who are you!!! They replied: โWe are EFCCโ. My head sparked. Are you kidding me? You enter into my room unannounced?? EFCC: Madam, we knocked but no response. You decided to enter my room?? You should have kept knocking.
โI was sleeping like every normal person would. One just opened his mouth and said: โWhere is the man of the room. I was confused at first. The who? He replied: โyour partner.โ
She said one of the officials apologised to her when they realised that she was not the one they were after.
โAnger well up inside meโฆIs this one roving mad man? His partner realised his folly because he quickly apologised. โYou are not the one we are looking for.โโ
โI watched as they interviewed guests rudely and arrested a few. They knew the people they were after. I lost sleep afterwards. Then I heard, this is the new thing with EFCC.
โThey burst into hotel rooms in the middle of the night. Not caring who you are, in what state you are. I mean, the hotel is a really decent one so I couldnโt understand how this could happen. They alleged that the EFCC barrages their way inโฆA mess I tell you.โ
Earlier in the month, the EFCC made the headlines after raiding Parktonian Hotel in Lekki Lagos in search of alleged internet fraudsters.
In response to the backlash over the incident, Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, alleged that fraudsters known as โYahoo Boysโ were using naked ladies to distract EFCC officials.
DAILY TRUST
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