EFCC Arrests 6 Senior NSCDC Officers Over N6bn Fraud

No fewer than six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were reportedly in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N6 billion fraud.

It was learnt that the senior officers were currently being grilled by EFCC investigators at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja.

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

Reliable 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.”