By John Obi
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the arrest of two officers of the Commission accused of assaulting a female staff of a hotel in Lagos.
In a viral video on Thursday,operatives of the anti-graft agency were seen in plain clothes forcefully entering one of the rooms of the Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos.
A female staff was seen being brutalised by the EFCC team.
However, a statement by ,Dayo Oyewale, the EFCC spokesman on Thursday, said that the Executive Chairman of the agency has ordered the arrest of the two men involved in the act.
“The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered the arrest of two officers of the Commission allegedly involved in the manhandling of a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos,”
Oyewale said the incident happened during an early morning sting operation, adding that the operation led to the arrest of a sizable number of suspects who were still being profiled.
According to him “The EFCC’s boss has also ordered detailed investigations of the operation carried out at the hotel and assured that appropriate disciplinary measures would be taken against any of the officers found to be culpable.
“Olukoyede assures the general public that the EFCC would continue to ply its job professionally and with profound respect for the rule of law,”
