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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and grilled six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over alleged N6bn fraud.
The interrogation which took place at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, report indicated that the details behind the incident are still being sketchy.
Sources privy to the development but pleaded anonymity said 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.”
While the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale could not be reached at press time, the spokesperson for the NSCDC, Babawale Afolabi, debunked claim about the development.
