{"id":14434,"date":"2019-08-21T12:10:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T12:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=14434"},"modified":"2019-08-21T12:10:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T12:10:43","slug":"efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men","title":{"rendered":"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_and_Financial_Crimes_Commission\">EFCC<\/a>) has claimed its operatives were attacked by thugs loyal to former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC had gone to execute a search warrant on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akinwunmi_Ambode\">Ambode<\/a>\u2019s residence in his hometown, Epe.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Uwujaren, the agency\u2019s Head of Media and Publicity, said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the commission \u201chad obtained valid warrant to conduct search on Ambode\u2019s residences in Park View, Ikoyi and country home in Epe, as part of ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the operatives were attacked and prevented from executing the search warrant in Epe, by \u201cirate youths\u201d who injured three officers and damaged the EFCC official vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack was totally unprovoked as the Commission\u2019s operatives were civic and did not molest anybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission therefore frowns at the attempt to manipulate the video of the search to create the wrong impression that officers of the agency molested residents at the Epe home of the governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also not true that the search was an attempt to plant foreign currencies in the home of the former governor,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The agency had earlier denied carrying out a raid on Ambode\u2019s residence, insisting that its operatives were on a legitimate duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed its operatives were attacked by thugs loyal to former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday. The EFCC had gone to execute a search warrant on Ambode\u2019s residence in his hometown, Epe. Wilson Uwujaren, the agency\u2019s Head of Media and Publicity, said in a statement on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":14437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[585,715,68,206],"class_list":["post-14434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-ambode","tag-commission","tag-efcc","tag-lagos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed its operatives were attacked by thugs loyal to former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday. The EFCC had gone to execute a search warrant on Ambode\u2019s residence in his hometown, Epe. Wilson Uwujaren, the agency\u2019s Head of Media and Publicity, said in a statement on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-21T12:10:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-21T12:10:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men\"},\"wordCount\":223,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ambode\",\"commission\",\"EFCC\",\"Lagos\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men\",\"name\":\"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-21T12:10:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men","og_description":"The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed its operatives were attacked by thugs loyal to former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday. The EFCC had gone to execute a search warrant on Ambode\u2019s residence in his hometown, Epe. Wilson Uwujaren, the agency\u2019s Head of Media and Publicity, said in a statement on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2019-08-21T12:10:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men","datePublished":"2019-08-21T12:10:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men"},"wordCount":223,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg","keywords":["Ambode","commission","EFCC","Lagos"],"articleSection":["all news","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men","name":"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg","datePublished":"2019-08-21T12:10:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/08\/Ambode.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-claims-ambodes-thugs-attacked-its-men#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EFCC claims Ambode\u2019s thugs attacked its men"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}