A
dubious EFCC driver, policeman and others have been arrested after they
broke into a seized property belonging to the former Chief of Defence
Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd).
The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu
A driver with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Nasiru Isa, has been arrested by operatives of the agency for offences
bordering on criminal breach of trust, attempted theft, conspiracy and
impersonation.
The driver, who joined the Commission about 18 months ago, is a
member of a criminal syndicate that attempted to break into a sealed
property by the EFCC, with the intent of carting away goods suspected to
be proceeds of money laundering. The syndicate includes a mobile police
officer, Corporal Aliyu Ismaila, Abubakar Jibrin, Abdulsalam Ado,
Ibrahim Babangida, Reuben Dauda, Hassan Aliyu, Sani Yusuf and Murtala
Mohammed.
Located in the choice area of Garki, Abuja, the property is
currently under investigation by the agency, and became a subject of
interest, in the aftermath of findings into the N3.9 billion fraud case
involving a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex
Badeh (retd). The property was also linked to the wife of the former
CDS.
Investigations by EFCC operatives revealed that shortly after the
property was sealed, some individuals moved about 12 bags believed to
contain items linked to money laundering offence, into the property.
On August 30, 2016 operatives of the EFCC as part of monitoring
activities on the sealed property, had gone to site to execute a search.
However, members of the syndicate took to their heels on sighting the
operatives of the anti-graft agency. A carpenter, Yakubu Muhammad, who
was hired by the syndicate was left behind and was subsequently arrested
by the operatives.
The carpenter, who has been cooperating with operatives, confessed
that he was not in the know of the illicit activity, as he was only
brought in by the syndicate to assist with the use of his carpentry
tools to break into the property.
Investigations revealed that one of those in the know about the
goods was the brain behind the scheming to steal them. The syndicate
decided they would need to subdue the security man at the property,
which would mean they would need to involve security personnel in the
syndicate. Subsequently, Isa was contacted. To further beef up the
security aspect of the crime, he also contacted his friend, Ismaila, who
came for the “operation” fully armed. In perpetrating the crime, Dauda
had posed to be a senior staff with the EFCC, while Jibrin posed as an
Intelligence Police officer in the office of the Inspector General’s
office.
However, nemesis caught up with them on August 30, 2016 when they
were caught in the act of breaking into the property, having
successfully overpowered the security guard at the entrance of the
property.
They would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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