By Desire Emmanuel
Some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are currently being interrogated after a Lagos-based rapper accused them of extorting the sum of N10 million from him before he was released.
The rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji (a.k.a Oladips), had alleged that the operatives of the commission extorted N10 million from him before securing his release when he was arrested alongside other suspected internet fraudsters recently in Lagos.
He was said to have been released after spending five days in the EFCC custody and after allegedly making the payment raised by some of his friends.
However, while reacting to the allegation in a statement on Saturday, November 1, the EFCC disclosed that the officers involved had been relieved of their duties while investigation into the matter has commenced.
The anti graft commission wrote: “We have seen his claims and have commenced investigations on them accordingly. Officers in the team that handled his case have been summoned to the corporate headquarters of the commission and have also been relieved of their operational duties pending the conclusion of investigation of the matter.”
The commission disclosed that if at the end of the investigation, the allegation is found to be false and raised to malign the commission or tarnish its image, appropriate sanctions will also be imposed on the rapper that raised the alarm.
“The commission enjoins the public to await the result of its investigations and continue to keep faith with it in its conscientious task of tackling economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption,” it added.
