Soldiers on Wednesday threatened to shoot officials of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that came to mark properties seized
from Brig. Gen Jafaru Mohammed, the Director of Finance and Administration at
the Office of the National Security Adviser.
The EFCC had obtained an interim forfeiture from a Federal
High Court in Abuja on March 11, 2021, and proceeded to mark eight properties
belonging to the NSA’s aide.
Our correspondent, who visited Sun City in the Lokogoma area
of Abuja on Wednesday, reported that after a team of EFCC officials began
marking General Mohammed’s building located on 52 Main Street, Sun City, in red
paint, armed soldiers arrived in a white Hilux marked GWA481EA and chased the
EFCC officials away.
The soldiers took a bucket of water and soap and quickly cleaned off the markings which read, ‘EFCC Under Investigation, Keep Off!”
Our correspondent, who visited other properties linked to the
general, observed that soldiers were on guard to prevent EFCC officials from
marking them.
Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo had in a suit marked
FHC/ABJ/CS/007/2021 ordered the interim forfeiture of eight properties linked
to General Mohammed who is a trusted aide to the NSA, Major General Babagana
Moguno (retd.).
The investigation of Mohammed is part of a wider probe into
the finances of the Office of the NSA.
Other properties affected include: A house at 7 God’s Own
Estate, Road 1, Wamba District, a fenced plot at 1 Jubril Aminu Crescent,
Katampe Extension, a plot at Kubwa Express Road directly opposite Abuja Model
City Gate, A house at Block SD 22, Road 5, Kabusa Garden Estate, Abuja; Plot
15, 21st Crescent, Second Avenue, Gwarinpa, 3 Liverpool Close, Sun City Estate
and 25 Osaka Street, Sun City.
The properties are believed to be worth billions of naira
which far exceed the income of a brigadier general.
This is not the first time that EFCC
officials would be harassed for trying to enforce court orders.
In November 2017, masked operatives attached to a former
Director-General of the Department of State Services, Ekpenyong Ita, prevented
EFCC officials from arresting him and even threatened to shoot journalists who
attempted to take photographs.
The Spokesman for the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said he was
not aware but promised to call back.
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