The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied infiltrating the residence of singer John Njeng-Ngeng, popularly known as Skales.
On Tuesday morning, the musician said that EFCC agents barged into his home armed with firearms and hammers.
Skales claimed, “So #officialEFCC pulled up to my house with 3 men with guns and some with sticks and hammers lol, they broke my back door while I was sleeping on the bed with my 6month old daughter, imagine I had a panic attack Cz of my health issues…. Is this not a crime?”
However, according to The PUNCH Online, the EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale maintained that such reports were baseless, adding that EFCC staff do not act in such a manner.
He said, “Number 1, we don’t invade. Number 2, we don’t conduct any raids. Number 3, there are ways and rules to identify a regular EFCC operative.
“So, to all intents and purposes, all of his claims, they are totally removed from what an EFCC operation looks like.”
Oyewale also mentioned that the incident may be an allegation, since the invaders could be EFCC impersonators moving around.
“People can make allegations, but the authenticity of the allegation viz a viz the reality on the ground concerning any organisation you’re talking about is important.
“There are impersonations all around, all over the place. So, they are not. We are very polite. We don’t do all those things,” Oyewale said.
He also called on the singer to show evidence of his claims.
“And I will want him to come forward, if he has photo evidence or video evidence, to show that’s its an EFCC thing, because we don’t have such things,” Oyewale added.
