The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has arrested one of its drivers, Nasiru Isa for allegedly
“burgling” a sealed property belonging to former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex
Badeh in Abuja.
Spokesperson of the anti-graft
agency, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this, in a statement said Isa was part
of a robbery syndicate which specialized in breaking into property sealed off
by the Commission.
Uwujaren identified other members
of the gang to include: a policeman, Aliyu Ismaila, Abubakar Jibrin, Abdulsalam
Ado, Ibrahim Babangida, Reuben Dauda, Hassan Aliyu, Sani Yusuf and Murtala
Mohammed.
According to the spokesperson of
the anti-graft agency, the suspects were caught in the act of breaking into
Badeh’s property.
Uwujaren said, “On August 30,
2016, operatives of the EFCC, as part of monitoring activities on the sealed
property, had gone to the 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 brains 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 official of the EFCC, while Jibrin posed
as an Intelligence police officer in the inspector-general’s office.
“However, on August 30, 2016,
they were caught in the act of breaking into the property, having successfully
overpowered the security guard at the entrance of the property.”
Badeh, who is currently facing
trial at an Abuja Federal High Court for alleged diversion of funds meant for
the procurement of arms has had some of his properties in Abuja sealed off by
the EFCC in January 2016.
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