Nighttime sting operations are prohibited by the EFCC for officials

The anti-graft agency stated that the prohibition on nighttime sting operations was consistent with the recently updated protocols for suspect arrest and bail.A new regulation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prohibits its agents from carrying out sting operations at night.Several Nigerians have criticized the EFCC on multiple occasions for its practice of raiding suspects' houses in the middle of the night in order to make arrests.In the wee hours of Wednesday, November 1, 2023, men from the anti-graft body broke into an off-campus residence of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, and apprehended over seventy students who were believed to be online scammers.