Oredola Adeola|
Some residents of Epe on Tuesday besieged Ambode's Epe home to resist attempt by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to gain access into former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s residence in the town.
In a video obtained by The Editorials , aggrieved young men were seen resisting the security operatives who came in white van and white bus, forcing the officers to drive off the street , shooting into the air to scare the riotous men and women away.
The resilient men also ran after the EFCC vehicles, vowing to attack them if they come back.
One of the men, was heard charging his colleagues to deflate the tyres of the EFCC bus. Another voice was heard asking the men to destroy the vehicles.
In another video recorded by unidentified man,the voice behind the camera reported that the EFCC operatives ran away, boasting that the people of Epe would not allow the commission to enter Ambode’s house.
He said, “You can see what is going on now, the Epe people did not allow them enter the house. They ran away.“Epe people will not allow this, it will not happen, they all ran away. Live at Ambode’s house," the flash photography ended.
Meanwhile the Commission in a statement released after the incident went viral on social media denied raiding Ambode's home in Epe.
It said, it has since early hours of Tuesday, been inundated with calls that operatives of the Commission raided the residence of the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode.
"We need to state for the records that the EFCC did not raid Ambode’s house. It is instructive that his administration, like other former governors, is under investigation since they no longer constitutionally enjoy immunity against prosecution.
"The Commission hereby states with a high sense of responsibility that the operatives did not raid Ambode’s residence.
"Whatever the Commission is presently doing with regards to the investigation is in line with its mandate and the rule of law. We wish to inform the social media to be circumspect in the reportage of any news with regards to investigation activities of the Commission.
"As a tradition, the Commission does not carry out an investigation on the pages of the newspapers or through the media. Our operations are always covert until at a time when we file charges in court.
"Therefore, the attempt to cast the Commission in a bad light is unacceptable as the EFCC will never engage in an illegal act. We remain committed to the war against corruption.
Recall that the anti-graft agency had earlier alleged that it traced and froze N9.9 billion in three bank accounts domiciled in First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Access Bank, and Zenith Bank with numbers 5617984012, 0060949275 and 1011691254, respectively.
The Commission disclosed that the accounts were managed by one, Adewale Adesanya, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the Governor during Ambode’s administration.
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