The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over alleged N6bn fraud.

The senior officers are currently being grilled by EFCC interrogators at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, The PUNCH can confirm.

Though details of the probe are still sketchy, our correspondent gathered that the NSCDC officers were handed over to the EFCC on Monday on the order of the NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Audi.

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.

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.

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Ebukamatth:
All this case efcc dey start

Why them no dey finish am

Is like even efcc dey collect bribe too

GreatUniben:
Trust me, there is no law in Nigeria. What is the meaning of "EFCC Grill" ? Grill what? Someone steal money, he should be arrested, all his properties should be confiscated immediately, and they should be sent to jail for life without pardon. But No! They will get a good lawyer and the Nigerian judge will grant them bail money of 200 million naira over 6 billion naira theft, they will be free and continue their life and start oppressing the poor with their money. The cycle continues, all other public officers follow suit, politicians join. After everything, they would then advise the poor masses to endure the suffering. When Nigerian mean business, the country would be better, but for now we are on a long long thing.

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