Obasanjo’s Library Wasn’t The Target, The Suspects Were – EFCC

Olusegun Obasanjo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied that the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, was the target of its recent sting operation in which 93 suspected internet fraudsters were arrested.

EFCC recently revealed that the arrests happened at a hotel located within the precincts of the OOPL, and not at the library itself.

Speaking via a press statement by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, the commission explained that the operation happened following intelligence reports that the suspects were holding a pool party to celebrate alleged illicit activities.

According to him, the party was initially planned for two other locations but was eventually moved to the hotel within OOPL’s premises in an attempt to evade detection.

He stated that profiling of the suspects showed that almost all of them were implicated in offences including impersonation, identity theft, and internet fraud.

“Sequel to the arrest of 93 suspected internet fraudsters at a hotel within the precincts of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, the EFCC will, on Friday, August 15, 2025, arraign 23 of the suspects before Justice D. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The arraignment, to be conducted in batches, follows their arrest at a pool party where they were celebrating their exploits.

The party was initially planned to hold in two locations but was shifted to the hotel in OOPL ostensibly to escape possible arrest,” he wrote.

EFCC further noted that the suspects believed Obasanjo’s facility would give them some sort of shield against arrest, but that was never going to be the case.

Dele concluded by saying that OOPL was never the commission’s target, stressing that arresting suspects was the main motive for the operation.

“The planners got wind of the Commission’s intelligence and scampered to the OOPL expecting a sort of cover from arrest.

The former president’s facility was not a target of EFCC’s operations. The suspects were the target and have confessed to involvement in internet crimes,” he added.