{"id":83663,"date":"2021-07-14T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83663"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:02:12","slug":"efcc-breaks-into-lagos-hotel-arrests-30-over-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/efcc-breaks-into-lagos-hotel-arrests-30-over-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC breaks into Lagos hotel, arrests 30 over fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>During the raid on Tuesday, the operatives were alleged to have gained entry into the occupants\u2019 rooms by seizing the master cards from the management of the hotel at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>When the operatives gained entry into the rooms, it was learnt that some of the occupants were naked under the duvet as the operatives interrogated the occupants.<\/p>\n<p>One of the victims, while lamenting the invasion, told the media \u201cI was naked, and I had to beg them (for me) to put something on. I am actually hypertensive, but I put myself together because I am not a criminal in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness said, \u201cThey broke into the hotel and threatened to shoot the receptionists and management workers if they didn\u2019t immediately release the master access card to them. So, the hotel workers had to comply immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the newspaper, it was learnt that no fewer than 13 guests were whisked away by the EFCC operatives during the raid.<\/p>\n<p>During a telephone interview with a representative of the Parktonian Hotel, who simply identified himself as Christian, he told our correspondent that he was not aware of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI am not in the right place to talk to you; it is the manager that can talk to you. I just resumed this evening; I have been off for some days and I just resumed today. I don\u2019t know what you are talking about.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHowever, when contacted, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said the operatives acted on verified intelligence targeted at suspects at Parktonian Hotel, adding that 30 suspects were arrested during the raid.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cOperatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, acting on verified intelligence, carried out a sting operation targeted at cybercrime suspects at Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State in the early hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the exercise, 30 suspects were arrested. Of this number, 24 have been established to be involved in internet-related fraud. The operation was executed without incident as the facility had been under surveillance for weeks during which the commission was able to isolate the rooms where the suspects were lodged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess to the rooms was seamless as the commission has standard procedure for accessing such facilities without application of force or discomfort to guests. No guest of the hotel was molested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the commission observes a disturbing trend in which cybercrime suspects now employ kept ladies who feign nakedness as a decoy to distract operatives of the commission to enable them to destroy incriminating evidence before arrest.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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