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Following the raid of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at some nightclubs in Ondo State over the weekend, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa met with owners of clubs in Akure on Sunday.
Aiyedatiwa’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said in a statement that the owners of nightclubs and hotels affected by the raid gave accounts of how officers of the anti-graft body vandalized their facilities when they arrested some suspected internet fraudsters in the early hours of Saturday in Akure.
The EFCC in a statement stated that its operatives, acting on intelligence reports, stormed the outlets to arrest 127 people allegedly holding ‘Yahoo Parties’ and those who had been on the radar of the Commission.
Addressing the club owners at the meeting held at the Government House, Aiyedatiwa sympathized with them about the damages done to their facilities and loss of revenue.
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The governor urged them to compile a record of all their facilities destroyed during the raids so they could present their genuine cases to the necessary authorities.
Saying that there can’t be smoke without fire, the Governor said the EFCC had the mandate to arrest suspects and must have acted on credible intelligence to carry out the raids.
Governor Aiyedatiwa, however, said innocent people affected by the operation should seek redress while those who had cases to answer should be allowed to defend themselves.
Adding that he had been in communication with top security agencies to get credible reports on the incident, the Governor promised to intervene wherever necessary.
The club owners, who thanked the governor for the timely meeting, said they were not part of those planning to hold a protest over the incident.
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