A singer, John Njeng Njeng, aka Skales, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission should pay him for the damages they caused during a raid on his home in the wee hours of October 10, 2023.
Skales told Saturday Beats, “My lawyers are on the matter, and I am hoping the EFCC will do the right thing and pay for the damages.”
Explaining his relationship with the boys who were arrested at his residence, the singer said, “One of them, Chukwuemeka Udemba (Jody), is an artiste signed to my record label, but I don’t have a ‘personal link’ with the other one, Jamal Onasola (Jamal). He escorted the producer I was working with to my house.”
Skales also stated that the EFCC had not reached out to him after the incident, adding that he felt very unsafe because agency had put out his home address.
On how he protected his wife and child during the raid, the singer said, “The EFCC operatives had weapons. I was calm, so they could leave. When they left, I had to let the whole world know about their illegal movements, which led to my six-month-old daughter being injured. They even went away with the CCTV cameras in my estate, so there won’t be evidence that they came.”
However, when our correspondent reached out to the EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewole, he stated that he wanted to get ‘clarity’ and ‘updates’ on the situation, and would revert. But, several calls later put through to his phone were not answered.
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