THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has distanced itself from the invasion of the home of Mary Odili, a Justice of the Nigerian Supreme Court in Abuja.
The Department States Service (DSS) also denied any involvement in the raid last night.
Media reports surfaced yesterday evening that Odili’s Maitama, Abuja residence, was raided by armed operatives of the EFCC.
The apex court judge is the wife of Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers State, who has been having a running battle with the anti-graft agency.
Recently, the Federal High Court in Abuja, restrained the EFCC and other security agencies in country from arresting or prosecuting Odili on account of his stewardship as governor of Rivers State between 1999 and 2007.
The court’s orders followed a suit that was instituted by Mr Odili against the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for impounding his international passport upon his return to Nigeria from the United Kingdom in June this year.
The NIS in its defence had informed the presiding judge that it seized Mr Odili’s travelling documents based on a request by the EFCC.
But in a statement, last night by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC said, “The (media) report is false as it did not carry out any operation at the home of Justice Odili.”
“If there was any such operation as claimed by the media, it was not carried out by the EFCC,” the statement added.
In the statement titled, ‘EFCC Did Not Carry Out Any Operation in Justice Odili’s Home,’ the anti-graft commission urged the public to disregard the report.
Meanwhile, the DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said “no, we didn’t, please.”
