Security agents working with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were said to have carried out a midnight operation at the Federal University of Technology in Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria.
The university students’ lodges were reportedly raided at around 2 a.m. Some students have resorted to social media, releasing footage and claiming that the men broke into rooms and arrested several students.
Social media videos show smashed window frames from what appears to be a forceful entrance attempt.
One social media user named J Brandy wrote, “I thought they said EFCC should not raid at night again. This hostel (Celebrity Lodge, FUTA ) is right behind mine. When will this endemic? EFCC (officials) moving like thieves at night!”
A man wearing the EFFC jacket was seen in one of the videos circulating online. The Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, had in November ordered that sting operations at night be stopped.
He gave this directive after the arrest of suspected internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun State, by operatives of the EFCC which sparked nationwide outrage.
