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Two fake operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met their Waterloo while trying to extort a Lagos resident with armed policemen.
According to a Twitter user, Samuel Otigba, who posted the pictures online, one of the fake operatives who tried to escape jumped from a 4 storey but fell into the electric fence. They were later handed over to real EFCC operatives, while the mobile police officer with a rifle escaped.
Confirming the development, the EFCC said the suspects have been arrested, including the mobile policeman who initially escaped.
The anti-graft agency said the suspects were arrested at New Horizon Estate in Lekki, while on an illegal operation of serving a court order purported to have emanated from the Mushin Magistrate Court on an unsuspecting victim.
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Three suspected fake EFCC operatives arrested- Official
EFCC says the suspects were arrested while on an illegal operation wearing fake jackets and identity cards of the commission in Lagos.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested three persons including a police inspector posing as operatives of the agency during an illegal operation in Lagos.
The commission in a statement shared via its Twitter handle on Thursday, identified the three men as Pascal Ugwu Chijoke, Sodiq Adekunle, and Edwin Bassey – a police inspector.
EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, who signed the statement, said the suspects were arrested at New Horizon Estate, Lekki, Lagos, “in the middle of their illegal operation to ‘serve’ a court order” on “an unsuspecting victim”.