Federal Forestry College Students, Staff Allegedly Attack EFCC Officers In Ibadan

Seven  Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC officers attached to the  Ibadan Zonal Command have been allegedly attacked  by students and  staff of the Federal College of Forestry, Idi-shin Estate, Ibadan, Oyo state.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the anti-graft agency in a statement on Wednesday  said the officers  were on a routine verification exercise to the institution  on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, when they were attacked.

 The statement added that they were there to confirm the address and identity of one Oluwakemi, who stood as a surety for Alakinde Khalid Kolawole, a suspected internet fraudster in the custody of the Commission.

‘Seven officers attached to the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on routine verification exercise of a surety: Azeez Kazeem Oluwakemi were on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, attacked and held hostage by staff and students at the Federal College of Forestry, Idi-shin Estate, Ibadan, Oyo state.

They were at the college to authenticate the address and identity of Oluwakemi, who stood as a surety for Alakinde Khalid Kolawole, a suspected internet fraudster in the custody of the Commission. A surety verification exercise is a standard law enforcement practice for the perfection of the bail conditions of a suspect.

This fact occasioned the mission of EFCC’s officers at the college.

For some inscrutable reasons, students and staff of the college went on a frenzy of attacks against the EFCC officers, who were on an authorized assignment.

This was in spite of the fact that the college community was duly informed about the mission of the EFCC’s team. The college’s Student Union President, in connivance  with his colleagues and some staff of the institution, reportedly ignited a violent confrontation with  the EFCC officers.

Two main entrance gates to the college were barricaded with a car believed to be owned by one of the lecturers at the college. The bus that conveyed officers to the college was vandalized, while students and staff of the college pelted them with stones and threw dangerous objects at the vehicle.

A rescue team that later arrived successfully released the seven officers held hostage by the riotous crowd.

It is noteworthy that  the officers exercised restraint in the face of the unprovoked attack and refrained from applying any force against the belligerent attackers.

No student or staff of the college was shot, as armed officers merely fired into the air to disperse the unruly crowd.

The Commission wishes to assure the public that it will continue to perform its duties in line with its mandate, and unprovoked attacks against personnel of the Commission will no longer be tolerated’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com
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