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…‘We Used Force After They Denied Us Entry’ — EFCC Explains
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the early hours of Monday morning broke into former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate, Dorathy Bachor’s apartment.
Dorathy who was a member of the BBNaija lockdown Housemates made this known on her Instagram story.
Narrating the incident, Dorathy expressed that she feels unsafe to be a Nigerian.
The men of the anti-graft agency broke into her apartment while searching for a person who ran into the estate but refused to tender an apology to her after they discovered their mistake.
In her narration on her Instagram story, she claimed the incident almost led to her mother having a panic attack: “I feel like my head is about to explode.
“At 4:35 I heard a loud bang and voices, I rushed out to see five armed EFCC men in my living room and one of them saying ‘Oh na that Big brother girl be this’.
“In my confused state, I was trying to understand why they broke down my door. Then one of them said they were looking for someone who ran into the estate and I should lock my door and stay indoors and not say a word. I’m shaking at this point and so confused because how exactly is this even okay.
“Still shaking I’m trying to close my already broken door when my sister screamed my name and I ran back upstairs to see my mum almost having a panic attack.
“I’m shaking at this point and so confused because at what point is this Okay.
“What is the need of being a citizen of this country when I can’t feel safe in my own house.
“I’ve never felt so helpless in my own life, she wrote.
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed why it broke into the house of Dorathy Bachor.
Reacting in a statement, the EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said its operatives had knocked on the door to Dorathy’s Lekki home to execute a search warrant in its hunt for crime suspects.
According to the statement, the commission also said its operatives were, however, denied entry into the flat, prompting them to “force their way” into the apartment.
“Operatives from the Lagos command of the commission, acting on verified intelligence, executed a search warrant at a block of flats located in the Lekki area of Lagos on Monday, 23rd August 2021,” the spokesman said.
“EFCC operatives had knocked on her entrance door, identified themselves as being from the commission on a mission to execute a search warrant. But they were refused entry, for several minutes by Bachor’s sister.
“The operatives were left with no choice than to force their way in, lest suspects escape or destroy vital evidence. Law-abiding citizens have no reason to refuse the execution of a validly obtained search Warrant.”
On the warrant, Uwujaren said that nine internet fraud suspects were nabbed in the block of Dorathy’s apartment.
“Contrary to the information in the social media, Ms. Bachor was not present during the operation,” it added.
“The anti-EFCC stories about her coming out half-naked among other fantastical details appear to have been invented to fit the pattern she and other internet-fueled stars so desperately want to push about the EFCC.
“Nine alleged internet fraud suspects were apprehended in the block of flats housing Ms. Bachor’s apartment.”
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