Club and hotel owners in Ondo State Lounge and Club Owners Association have protested the invasion of their business premises by men of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission .
Ajepe said that “what we experienced on Saturday we never expected of it, because Akure is a very peaceful community, we are not too happy, the incident happened around 1:45am on Saturday morning and personally I drove to the scene to witnessed what was going on and on getting there it was barbaric so I have to turn back because I don’t want to get hurt.
“The introduction they gave to the security men at our gate who couldn’t identify them immediately was beatings and some of them sustained injuries in the process. “While they identify some of our staffs and allowed them to go, others were still beaten after identification. The CCTV engine room was completely turned upside down and the CCTV engine was taken away.
“This vehicle is still with them as we speak. Lots of phones where confiscated from people and they asked the owners to come and collect them at Ibadan 3 Laptops belonging to our DJ were taken even with the DJ stickers on the laptops. “Finally, we wish to apologize to all our customers who witnessed this unfortunate incident and promise to lawfully engage all relevant authorities to prevent such incident from reoccurring. This incident will not deter us from serving you better.”
” Meanwhile, I was watching it through the CCTV on my phone and when it was exactly one-hour, the CCTV went off. “The operation, in line with the established ground norm for such engagement, was devoid of any incident as the Operatives conducted themselves professionally.