The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have raided the Parktonian Hotel located in the Lekki Area of Lagos State, arresting about 30 cybercrime suspects.
According to reports, the operatives allegedly gained entrance into the occupants’ rooms by seizing the master access cards from the management of the hotel at gunpoint.
An eyewitness reportedly said the operatives allegedly threatened to shoot the receptionists if they failed to release the access card to the said room.
“They broke into the hotel and threatened to shoot the receptionists and management workers if they didn’t immediately release the master access card to them. So, the hotel workers had to comply immediately,” the eye witness said.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, who spoke with the Punch disclosed that the invasion of the hotel was based on a verified intelligence.
He also confirmed that 30 suspects were arrested during the raid.
In his words, “Operatives 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.
“During 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.
“Access 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.
“But 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.”
