EFCC explains presence at Dorathy Bachor’s home

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reacted to former Big Brother Naija reality TV star Dorathy Bachor’s claim, that its operatives broke into her house.

In a post on social media on Monday, Bachor had stated that the operatives broke the door to her house in the name of searching for someone who ran into her estate.

She said the incident left her shaken while her mother almost had a panic attack.

“Still shaking, I’m trying to close my already broken door when my sister screamed my name, and I ran back upstairs to see my mom almost having a panic attack.

“I have never felt so helpless in my whole life.

“@officialefcc, you now break into people’s houses and jump estate fences all in the name of doing your job. Shame on you all,” she said.

Reacting to this, the EFCC released a statement on Facebook saying that Bachor’s apartment is located in a building where its operatives arrested nine suspected fraudsters.

“EFCC Explains Presence Of Operatives At Dorathy Bachor’s House,” reads the statement.

According to the post, “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to an Instagram post by Dorothy Bachor, in which she claimed 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.

“Ms. Dorathy 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 but 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.”