OOPL Demands Apology, N3.5bn Over Invasion Of Premises By EFCC Operatives

The management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) on Wednesday, issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, as well as the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun to tender separate public apologies over alleged illegal invasion of its premises.

OOPL, which was invaded in the early hours of Sunday, August 10, 2025, said the duo should apologise or risk lawsuit.

It also demanded for the payment of the sum of N3.5billion as “immediate restitution and atonement” to be paid to over 100 people who suffered bodily injuries during the invasion of its premises.

At a press conference on Wednesday, OOPL’s Managing Director, Vitalis Ortese declared that the apologies must be published in all major media platforms including “television, the print as well as social media outfits inclusive of X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, Channels, AIT, NTA, TVC, Arise as well major newspaper and news magazines including Premium Times and Sahara Reporters”.

The OOPL MD said the invasion of the EFCC operatives were calculated to oppress, brutalise, violate in gross terms, the fundamental and other rights of the more than one hundred (100) guests.

He added that the invasion was particularly calculated to damage former President Obasanjo “in the eyes of right thinking members of the public both in Nigeria and internationally”.

Ortese further stated, “We have engaged legal counsel, security experts, and civil society partners to demand accountability, enforce institutional respect, and protect the rights of our patrons and staff. We have instructed our lawyers to take up this matter in no uncertain terms”.

Ortese added that the OOPL is a symbol of national pride, a sanctuary of learning, and a hub of legitimate enterprise. “It is a place where history is preserved, culture is celebrated and citizens; young and old -gather in peace.”

The OOPL then demanded that a comprehensive investigation be undertaken by all relevant security agencies with their reports openly published, “especially regarding the brutalisation 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”.

Ortese also demanded further N2.5billion to 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 (HE Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR).”

He revealed that the firm’s lawyers have been instructed, that should these demands not be met in full within the next 7 days from Wednesday, August 13th, 2025, the OOPL 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.