The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why its operatives raided the apartment of an ex-BBNaija housemate, Dorathy Bachor following outcry on the issue.
Bachor had earlier on Monday accused operatives of the commission of breaking into her apartment at 4:45 am on Monday.
The BBNaija Lockdown housemate also said the incident caused her mother to suffer a panic attack.
Reacting to the issue, the commission, in a statement it posted on Facebook, said some suspected fraudsters were occupying the block of flats where Dorathy Bachor’s apartment is located.
The EFCC explained further that her apartment door was broken down after the operatives were refused entry.
“The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a post on Instagram by one Dorathy Bachor, alleging that operatives of the Commission broke into her home in the early hours of today, 23rd August 2021
“The Commission can confirm that 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 during which nine internet fraud suspects were arrested.
“Ms Bachor’s apartment happened to be one of the flats in the building. 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 but to force their way in, lest suspects escape or destroy vital evidence.
“It is important to state that law-abiding citizens have no reason to refuse the execution of a validly obtained Search Warrant. And, contrary to the information making the rounds in the social media, Ms Bachor was not present during the operation and 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.
“It is important to reiterate that nine alleged internet fraud suspects were apprehended in the block of flats housing Ms Bachor’s apartment,” the statement read.