The management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Inspector General of Police to apologize over the invasion of its premises last Sunday.
The library also demanded N3.5 billion as compensation for the damage caused to the victims of the illegal invasion and in atonement for the immense damage to the company’s reputation, as well as that of Olusegun Obasanjo, the company’s chief promoter.
According to reports, operatives of the EFCC stormed the OOPL premises in the early hours of Sunday and arrested 93 suspected internet fraudsters, seized 18 vehicles, and mobile devices.
The Managing Director of the OOPL, Mr. Vitalis Ortese, described the EFCC’s actions as “unlawful” and “a direct assault on everything the institution stands for”.
Ortese in a statement said the management of OOPL is determined to pursue every legal avenue to ensure that such an incident never happens again.
He stated that the EFCC and Nigeria Police Force are jointly and severally liable for the deliberate embarrassing and utterly malicious damage occasioned by their invasion.
The OOPL management demanded a comprehensive investigation, publication of the reports, and public apologies from the EFCC and the Nigeria Police Force.
Ortese demanded for proper investigation into the case saying,
“We, therefore, demand a comprehensive investigation be undertaken by all relevant security agencies with their reports openly published, especially regarding the brutalization of our patrons being citizens who had apparently done nothing wrong nor apparently infracted any law other than engaging in a party as allowed under the law.”
The library also demanded immediate restitution for the damage caused to those persons who were arrested and whose vehicles were carted away, as well as for bodily injuries suffered by these persons.
Ortese stated, “That immediate restitution for the damage caused, be made to those persons who were arrested and whose vehicle were carted away by the invasion force of the Police and EFCC, as well as for bodily injuries suffered by these persons numbering at least 100; be paid in the amount of at least N1 Billion.
We also demand that a further N 2.5 Billion be paid in token acknowledgment and atonement for the immense damage caused to the reputation, business and our financial reputation as well to the reputation of our Chief Promoter.”
The OOPL management has engaged legal counsel, security experts, and civil society partners to demand accountability, enforce institutional respect, and protect the rights of its patrons and staff.
“We have further instructed our lawyers that should these demands not be met in full within the next seven days from today, Wednesday August 13, 2025, we shall have no alternative but to proceed to seek redress in a competent court of law without further recourse to the Police and the EFCC; and in which case our demands will not be limited to the foregoing.”
