Ms. Dorothy Bachor, Ex- BBNaija housemate. (Credit : Facebook).
By Abasifreke Effiong
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that it had a search warrant to Ms. Dorothy Bachor’s apartment.
EFCC in a statement said nine yahoo boys (internet fraudster) were living in a block of flats housing Ms. Dorothy Bachor’s apartment, an ex-BBNaija housemate.
Ms. Bachor dragged the EFCC on Instagram and other social media platform on Monday 23rd August for breaking into her apartment while she was half-naked.
However, against Ms. Bachor’s claim, the EFCC said she was not in the apartment when its operative went to execute the search warrant.
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The statement said men of the commission broke into Ms. Bachor’s apartment after her sister denied them access into the apartment.
Message posted on Instagram by Ms. Dorothy Bachor. (Credit : BBC Pidgin)
The statement posted on the official Facebook page of the EFCC reads:
“The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a post on Instagram by one Dorothy Bachor, alleging that operatives of the Commission broke into her home in the early hours of today, 23rd August, 2021.”
“The Commission can confirm that operatives from the Lagos Command of the Commission, acting on verified intelligence, executed a Search Warrant at a block of flats located in the Lekki area of Lagos on Monday, 23rd August, 2021 during which nine internet fraud suspects were arrested.”
Another Instagram post by Ms. Bachor on invasion of her apartment by EFCC. (Credit : BBC Pidgin)
“Ms. Bachor’s apartment happened to be one of the flats in the building. EFCC operatives had knocked on her entrance door, identified themselves as being from the Commission on a mission to execute a Search Warrant. But they were refused entry, for several minutes by Bachor’s sister. The operatives were left with no choice than to force their way in, lest suspects escape or destroy vital evidence.”
“It is important to state that law abiding citizens have no reason to refuse the execution of a validly obtained Search Warrant. And, contrary to the information making the rounds in the social media, Ms. Bachor was not present during the operation and the anti- EFCC stories about her coming out half-naked among other fantastical details appear to have been invented to fit the pattern she and other internet-fueled stars so desperately want to push about the EFCC.”
“It is important to reiterate that nine alleged internet fraud suspects were apprehended in the block of flats housing Ms. Bachor’s apartment.”
