Following a complaint filed by the Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ade Abolurin, concerning the involvement of his men in illicit land deals, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta launched an investigation that led to the confiscation of 61 houses from a single NSCDC official.
Nta said, “Impressed by the action of the Commandant-General of the Corps by reporting his own officials for alleged wrong doings and demanding for an independent investigation while other heads of agencies or organisations will be covering up if it were their own organisations, I commenced an immediate investigation by directing the Special Squad I set up on land matters to swing into action.
“The team even started with some officers whom the CG came with.
“We made findings; we made efforts to get additional information from other government agencies and banks, which assisted us immensely in the course of our investigations.
“In the course of the investigation, we established that six different companies were used in the scam, we froze the bank accounts of certain officers and the companies used.
“We seized several properties, including 61 houses, 45 plots of land and a duplex traced to some of the officers.
“Interestingly, the 61 houses made up of 40 units of three bedroom flats, 20 units of two bedroom flats and a duplex were seized from a single officer.”
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