There was a denial by the EFCC and silence on the part of the police on the arm of security wing that raided the resident of Justice Mary Odili on Friday.
It was revealed that about 50 policemen stormed the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court.
After initial confusion about the identity of the armed men, it was later reported that they were policemen, acting on the intelligence that ‘some illegal activities’ were going on there.
Asked a concerned Nigerian: “What illegal activities could be going on in the home of a Supreme Court justice to warrant a police raid?”
The EFCC according to its spokesman Wilson Uwujaren in a statement Friday, said it was mere media speculations and urged the public to disregard the report.
“The attention of EFCC has been drawn to claims in a section of the media that its operatives stormed Justice Odili’s home purportedly to execute a search in Maitama, Abuja.
“The commission by this statement wishes to inform the public that the report is false as it did not carry out any operation at the home of Justice Odili.
“If there was any such operation as claimed by the media, it was not carried out by the EFCC.
“The commission enjoins the public to discountenance the report, he said.
In October 2016, the DSS raided the homes of two Supreme court justices and some high court judges, claiming to be looking for evidence of corruptionn.
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