Rapper Skales tackles EFCC operatives over current Lekki property raid, recollects previous trauma

Nigerian rapper Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, extensively generally known as Skales, has berated operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following a sting operation at Apple Estate on Orchid Road, Lekki, Lagos State.

Skales said that whereas residents haven’t any downside with the EFCC performing its reliable duties, such operations have to be performed with the utmost decency. He questioned why the company’s operatives repeatedly invade flats “like armed robbers” simply to arrest a youth suspected of cybercrime, noting {that a} vastly completely different method is used when coping with politicians accused of stealing billions of Naira. He clarified that whereas he doesn’t assist fraud, he strongly opposes the style during which the EFCC goes about arresting suspects.

The rapper shared a video exhibiting round 20 operatives scaling gates and fences to realize entry into an house in the course of the Lekki raid, the place a younger girl was reportedly harassed whereas attempting to make a telephone name.

Responding to the footage, the EFCC launched a press release claiming the operation was skilled. The anti-graft company alleged that the younger girl was trying to make use of her telephone to alert suspects of their presence, confirming that her telephone was quickly seized and later returned.

Calling on Nigerian youths to unite towards what he described as institutional “intimidation,” Skales revealed that his outcry stems from private expertise. The musician disclosed that he suffered an equivalent, traumatizing raid by the company a couple of years in the past, and continues to reside with the ensuing trauma.