A man identified as Ibrahim Babangida has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offences bordering on criminal breach of trust, attempted theft, conspiracy and impersonation.
He was arrested with the a driver of the agency, Nasiru Isa and another man, identified as Murtala Mohammed.
The three men are said to be part of a criminal syndicate that attempted to break into a sealed property by the EFCC, with the intent of carting away goods suspected to be proceeds of money laundering.
Investigations by EFCC operatives revealed that shortly after the property, located in Garki Abuja, was sealed, some individuals moved about 12 bags believed to contain items linked to money laundering offence, into the property.
However, nemesis caught up with them on August 30 when they were caught in the act of breaking into the property, having successfully overpowered the security guard at the entrance.
They would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
The syndicate, apart from Isa, Babangida and Mohammed, includes a mobile police officer, Corporal Aliyu Ismaila, Abubakar Jibrin, Abdulsalam Ado, Reuben Dauda, Hassan Aliyu, Sani Yusuf.
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