Nigerians Blasts EFCC For Arresting 89 Youths At Ibadan Club

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has come under criticism from a large section of Nigerians for raiding Club 360 in Ibadan last Friday and arresting 89 youths in the process.

The EFCC had posted pictures of the suspects on its Twitter and Facebook pages, on Monday morning, alleging that all the 89 youths in the club were alleged internet fraudsters otherwise known as ‘Yahoo boys’.

The EFCC wrote, “The Ibadan zonal office of EFCC has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the popular Club 360 located on the Akala Expressway, Oluyole Extension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The Ibadan zonal office of EFCC has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the popular Club 360 located on the Akala Expressway, Oluyole Extension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

“In preparation for the late-night operation which took place over the weekend, officers of the commission had carried out series of discreet surveillance on the nature of activities going on in the nightclub which according to intelligence gathered, the said club was notorious for harbouring suspected internet fraudsters.”

The raid also led to the confiscation of scores of vehicles, laptops, sophisticated phones and other items.
The suspects are undergoing further
interrogation.

However, the EFCC’s post attracted mostly negative comments on its Facebook and Twitter pages

As of 12.30 pm, the EFCC was trending at number two on Twitter.

Most respondents wondered how the EFCC was sure that all 89 persons arrested at the club were fraudsters.

They wondered why the EFCC had to arrest the club goers and start searching through their phones.

According to some, who claimed to be eyewitnesses, the EFCC operatives also arrested the bartenders as well as customers of the hotel located inside the same compound as the club.

See some reactions below;

Facebook, followers of the EFCC did not spare the anti-graft agency for what they termed crude methods of investigations.