September 03, (THEWILL) – Emeka Rollas, the National President of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), has reacted to news of officialthe s of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), brutally beating a young actress, Helena Duru.
The actress had made a post where she narrated how the unidentified men broke into her home and tried to get her to open the door.
She stated that after the men forcefully gained entry, the officers who seemed to be Hausa men, took turns beating her till she fled into the bathroom.
And in a bid to report to their superiors, who were waiting downstairs for them, the actress got another round of beating.
This time, the superior repeatedly hit her head until blood started coming out of her head. She attached several videos of her bleeding head and parts of her body that took the hit during the terrible ordeal.
“The next thing we heard, they started damaging the staircase door and gained access. I went inside my room and locked the door.
“Two men climbed to my flat, damaged my two doors, gained access into my house and started beating me. I got a slap first that made me shout Jesus Christ.
“They spoke in Hausa language, but all I could hear was “yamiri”, the beating became intense as they beat me in turn, using a rod/stick (don’t exactly know what that was) all over my body . One picked my usb phone cord and descended on me.”
Taking to social media, Emeka Rollas shared gory videos of the damages done to Duru’s body and her apartment.
He captioned his post: “How cruel can EFCC be? This young up coming actress, Helena Duru, was beaten blue black at about 2:30 am by EFCC operatives for nothing.
“They claimed she didn’t open the corridor door for them to have access to the upstairs of her compound where she resides in Asaba.
“Two of the operatives were identified as ADE and ABDULAHI from the Enugu Zonal office. Before going for this operation they reported at the police station in Asaba.
“I took this matter up personally by getting the EFCC chairman involved with a petition via a lawyer for a compensation for this lady whose privacy EFCC invaded.
“EFCC invited her to listen to her version and she was interviewed by operatives named JULIANA and ERIC in the EFCC and we have their official numbers.
“It’s been three weeks since the visit yet no further actions by the EFCC. Its obvious EFCC is keeping quiet so that the tempo would die down, if not, is ADE and ABDULAHI the high and mighty that they cannot be brought to book?
“We have seen various policemen being dismissed for various misconduct in recently why is EFCC own different?
“By the way, I saw Adedayo Thomas ED Censors Board on a visit to EFCC a few weeks ago clamouring for Nollywood.
“Is it with stuff like this?
“We are asking EFCC to make public the report by JULIANA and Eric.
“All Actors should repost this as many times as possible to get justice for Helena”, he wrote.
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