Men of the EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, zonal office in
Maiduguri have arrested two of its operatives for corrupt practices.
The two yet to be arraigned is being investigated for demanding for money to facilitate a case where they had special interests.
A statement from the spokesman of the Commission Jemilu Sale said
that under the leadership of its Chief Executive Ibrahim Magu whose zero
tolerance for corruption and continual drive to fight corruption both
internally and externally they have been recording success in their
operations by ensuring that such rotten eggs are thrown away.
He noted that “this zone has secured two convictions and made
several recoveries in this month of January 2018 alone adding that
Internal checks have also been weeding out the bad ones amongst its
staff.”
He went on “On Friday the 19th of January, 2017, this zonal
office got information from one of its suspects under investigation that
someone posing as a staff of the Commission intimated him on phone
about a case under investigation involving him in which the alleged
imposter promised to avail him with the original case file on the
condition for payment of an amount of money.
“The Commission then detailed a team of operatives to
investigate the matter. During the investigation, a staff of the
Commission one Detective Assistant Habila Dungji Buba and his girlfriend
Keron Ayuba Lapips were arrested while trying to make an exchange of
the said case file reported in the matter.
“The said Detective Assistant then revealed to the team of
investigators one Sgt. Bashir Muhammad a police officer attached to the
Maiduguri zonal office, as the person who gave him the said case file
and also guided him on how to carry out the exchange successfully, on
the grounds of helping him secure money to buy a car for which he had
earlier informed the said Sergeant of his need and also of his financial
incapacity.”
The release noted that the Investigation into the matter is still
ongoing with a view to unveiling more facts on how they intended to
finalize the corrupt acts even as servants in the temple of
anti-corruption.
The spokesman urged the public to report to any of its offices,
demands anything by any person(s) regarding information on its cases as a
means of interfering with the investigation stressing that victims
should report any corrupt practices perpetrated by individuals or
organisations.
No date has been fixed for arraignment as the investigation is still ongoing.
“The fight against corruption is a collective responsibility, everybody is a partner. Let’s join hands and fight corruption,” concluded Jemilu.
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