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EFCC denies Skales’ accusations of home invasion

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted allegations of a raid at the residence of singer John Njeng-Ngeng, popularly known as Skales.

Skales had claimed on Tuesday morning that EFCC personnel had entered his home wielding guns 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, EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale, in an exclusive call with PUNCH Online, dismissed these assertions, asserting that such accusations lacked merit. He emphasized that the anti-graft agency’s officials do not conduct operations in that 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 noted that the incident might be an allegation, as the invaders could be impersonators of the EFCC roaming 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 it’s an EFCC thing, because we don’t have such things,” Oyewale added.

Egwu Emmanuel

Egwu covers tourism and entertainment

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