All is not very well with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as six of its very senior officers have reportedly been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The senior officers, according to The Punch report, were grilled by EFCC interrogators at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja.
The paper gathered that the NSCDC officers were handed over to the EFCC on Monday on the order of the NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Audi.
The papaer further informed that impeccable sources privy to the development but who were not authorised to speak to the press revealed that the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had earlier written a letter to the NSCDC CG, demanding the officers’ release for interrogation.
It wrote:
A source revealed, “Six senior NSCDC officers are currently in our custody. They’re being grilled by our investigators over alleged fraudulent activities running into over N6bn.”
Confirming the development, another source said, “The EFCC did not arrest the NSCDC CG, neither is he being probed. We only have six senior NSCDC officers in our custody, and they’re being probed over alleged N6bn fraud.
“The EFCC Chairman had earlier written to the NSCSC CG to provide the officers, and the CG did. Now they’re in our custody and are being grilled by EFCC interrogators.”
The spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, could not be reached for comments on Monday as phone calls and text messages to his phone lines were not responded to nor returned.
Meanwhile, when contacted for comments, the spokesperson for the NSCDC, Babawale Afolabi, said he was not aware of the development.
“I’m not aware of this,” Afolabi said in a terse WhatsApp message sent to our correspondent on Monday.
However, a whatsapp message sent to the National Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, by The Boss, on Tuesday, to confirm the arrest or otherwise, was not responded to.
