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Justice Thomas Johnson of the Federal High Court, Umuahia,Abia State, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay N3.5 million to a journalist, Nora Okafor, over the invasion of her privacy.
The Court further ordered the Commission to tender an apology to the journalist in two national newspapers for illegally invading her privacy.
EFCC operatives had raided Okafor’s home on the night of September 23, 2021. The operatives who were believed to have stormed Umuahia in search of suspected internet fraudsters held the journalist and other residents of the building hostage for over two hours.
The victims were later released when the EFCC operatives discovered that it was a case of mistaken identity.
Okafor who works with a cable television station, Modern Communications Limited, MCL TV, in Umuahia, said she was humiliated and traumatized by the incident and described the verdict as justice served.