The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed a report on allegations that its personnel were involved in a two billion Naira financial transaction.
NSCDC Mining Marshals Commander, Johnson Onoja, denied the report during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Recall that the Nigeria Police Force reportedly arrested three officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Simeon Yakubu Anyebe, Ibrahim Ayefu and ASC Iwodi Obochi of the NSCDC Mining Marshals unit in connection with the death of Deputy Superintendent of Corps (DSC) Agada Levi Agada, an NSCDC officer and pastor.
Agada was shot while on duty during an operation at Rafin Gabas in the Agwada area of Nasarawa State, an incident that has since generated conflicting accounts and allegations of foul play.
The Force Intelligence Department (FID) commenced an investigation into Mr Agada’s death following receipt of a petition filed by the deceased’s family lawyer, Nwabueze Obasi-Obi of Maikyau & Co. Legal Practitioners.
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During the ongoing investigation, the police traced over N2 billion into a Zenith Bank account 1008392780 belonging to one of the suspects, Sgt. Jibril Labaran, an NSCDC Mining Marshal.
“We traced over N2 billion into the Zenith Bank account of Sergeant Labaran; the account number is 1008392780; and we have been able to trace the transfer and receipt of such clandestine monies from his account to and from the accounts of some of the other suspects,” a police source revealed.
It was gathered that FID invited several NSCDC Mining Marshals personnel, including Attah John Onoja (Commander of the Mining Marshals) for questioning over the incident, but they failed to honour the invitation.
Those invited by the police FID were ACC Attah John Onoja (Commander Mining Marshals); Superintendent Atabo (2i/c Mining Marshal); ASC 1 Jimoh Abdulrahman; ASC 2 Usman AKA Dogo; ASC 1 Ibrahim Ayefu; Sgt. Jibril Labaran; Simeon Yakubu Anyebe; Insp. Habila AKA K9; Ojo Toluwatope Alex; ASC II Salisu Nda Mohammed; ASC II Yusuf Attahiru; Amos Yowu; Mustapha Mohammed, Jimoh Abdulrahman, and ASC Iwodi Obochi.
Onoja said that the statement of account alleged to have been used for a transaction of over N2bn has, within the last one year, shown a total credit of N760,129 and a debit of N760,457.
He expressed displeasure over the report, stating that it was false, malicious and of negative intentions by the publishers of the said report.
He said that investigations and bank account balance of the person said to have been in possession of over N2bn, showed that the current balance of the suspect amounted to almost zero naira.
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According to him, the bank account number of the said personnel showed a credit and debit of less than N800,000 in the last one year.
“Everything you saw in the publication is completely false, and they also claimed that I refused to release the phone which has been marked as an exhibit in a homicide case.
“I was surprised to see the publication that the family of the deceased filed the petition after I had held meetings with them severally and discussed extensively,” Onoja said.
The commander said that the case is currently being handled by the appropriate authorities.(NAN)
