More drama is greeting Tuesday’s search of the Epe, lagos home of former state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, by the Economic and financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
While there are reports that some indigenes dared the operatives during the exercise, three lawyers who stood by him during the operation have alleged that the EFCC men went away with six phones, including theirs.
Besides, they alleged that they prevented the EFCC from planting foreign currency in Ambode’s home.
The commission has, however, said there was nothing like that during the operation.
The alleging lawyers are Fatai Adebanjo, Busari Olanrewaju and Samson Okuneye.
The trio, in a statement, alleged that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wanted to stop them (lawyers) from being a part of the search.
they said, “Before they entered, we searched all the officials of the EFCC who intended to go in for the search.
“There was a blue bag which they were holding with them.
“We requested to see the content of the bag before they could take it in.
“They got angry and said we could not see the content.
“Having said that, we strongly resisted them from taking it in since they would not allow us to see it; they later agreed.
“We later got to know that the bag contained foreign currency which they brought to plant in the house of the ex-governor to incriminate him.”
They added that, while collecting their phones, they insisted that only one of their (EFCC) men would record the process with a phone.
“We followed them as they entered from one place to the other.
“When our presence was intimidating them, they said we should sit down while they do the search.
“We insisted that we must follow them to observe every of their activities on the premises.
“To our greatest consternation, the officials of the EFCC, led by Rotimi Oyedepo, Esq, held on to our phones and told us to follow them to their office in Ikoyi to get our phones.
“All efforts to get back our phones were abortive, as the officials rushed into their white Hiace bus with our phones and instructed that since we had resisted their efforts to take the said blue bag into the main premises of the ex-governor, they would hold on to the phones.
“Thus, almost six phones were forcefully taken away, iPhones inclusive.”
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