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Chaos at Obasanjo Library: EFCC Accused of Midnight Raid, Gunfire, and Injuries

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"WojyaUBk" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library &lpar;OOPL&rpar; in Abeokuta has accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission &lpar;EFCC&rpar; of invading its premises in the early hours of Sunday&comma; August 10&comma; 2025&comma; in what it described as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Gestapo-like” operation&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"XHgsLjTf" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In a statement issued on Sunday made available to newsmen&comma; the OOPL management alleged that at about 2 a&period;m&period;&comma; over 50 armed men&comma; purportedly EFCC agents led by one &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Olapade&comma;” stormed the complex&comma; shooting into the air and threatening to kill people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The raid&comma; they claimed&comma; caused chaos and panic among guests and residents&comma; leaving several people injured while trying to flee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the statement&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This morning&comma; at about 2 am&comma; the OOPL premises were invaded by a Gestapo-like gang of over 50 armed men&comma; shootng guns&comma; threatening to kill people&comma; and purported to be from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission &lpar;EFCC&rpar;&period; The invasion&comma; led by one &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Olapade” caused serious panic and chaos&comma; leading to serious injuries among participants trying to escape the shooting and near carnage that resulted&comma; and causing terror among residents on the site&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"A9SgutxY" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; 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&NoBreak;It should be noted that the event was a private event that had been widely attended by members of the public for days prior&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>4&period;&NoBreak; &NoBreak;It should also be noted that both the police officers stationed at the OOPL gates and the additional police sent from the Kemta Police Station&comma; as requested by the organizers of the event and management&comma; stated that they were NOT informed of any planned operation by the EFCC&comma; and neither did they present any warrant&period; And when the armed men were accosted by OOPL security and assisting police officers&comma; they simply retorted&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are doing our job”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>5&period;&NoBreak; &NoBreak;Management wishes to state that this action by the EFCC is a clear case of invasion of private property&comma; infringement of OOPL rights as corporate citizens&comma; and indeed stark and blatant violation of the rights of the people who so gathered for the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>6&period;&NoBreak; &NoBreak;Management has commenced its investigation of the invasion and will take up the matter with the highest authorities&comma; including the EFCC&comma; the police&comma; and the Department of State Security&comma;DSS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>7&period;&NoBreak; &NoBreak;In the meantime&comma; management demands an explanation of these impudent accounts from the Commission and an apology from the EFCC authorities for the infringement of its rights&comma; to all those who gathered&comma; and those who sustained serious injuries from the gangster like induced chaos&period; Failure for which the management will be compelled to seek redress and sanctions as appropriate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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