Outrage As EFCC Reportedly Arrest Over 70 OAU Students
There was pandemonium as the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reportedly conducted a night raid, invading hostels and arresting over 70 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state.
It was gathered that the EFCC operatives around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, November 1, stormed the student hostel located around Oduduwa Estate to raid the hostel.
An eyewitness named Favour told our correspondent that the operatives who were wearing EFCC jackets arrived at the hostel in white unregistered buses for the raid.
She said: “They invaded the hostel at Oduduwa estate, they were hitting the doors, directing and shouting for occupants to come out of their rooms. They did not hesitate, they slapped students who attempted to argue with them.
“The operatives were brutal during the operation, what saved me was because I am a female, they arrested virtually all the male students. They file them into empty white buses they brought for the operation.
“I made a short video of the operation. It was a terrible invasion, we even thought they were armed robbers not until we saw the jacket they were wearing.”
She added: “I learnt that they have reported to the Acting Chief Security Officer of the Institution who confirmed that they are EFCC operatives.”
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Abiodun Olarewaju, when contacted, did not respond to calls placed to his phone and refused to respond to a text seeking a reaction over the matter.
– The Nation
