EFCC driver, policemen arrested for breaking into former chief of Defence mansion

A driver with the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Nasiru Isa, has been arrested for
allegedly breaking into one of the sealed mansions owned by
the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex
Badeh (retd.).
EFCC had in January, sealed off over five landed properties
belonging to Badeh before arraigning him on 10-count charge
bordering on money laundering and theft.
The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren, that the suspect belonged to a criminal syndicate
that specialised in breaking into properties sealed off by the
EFCC.
EFCC listed one Corporal Aliyu Ismaila as a member of the
syndicate.
Other suspects include: Abubakar Jibrin, Abdulsalam Ado,
Ibrahim Babangida, Reuben Dauda, Hassan Aliyu, Sani Yusuf
and Murtala Mohammed.
The statement read in part, “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.”
According to the EFCC, investigations 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.
The statement added, “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.