Posted on: 08:44 Sat, 30 Jan 2016



The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, has arrested one of its operatives,
Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, who is a Deputy
Detective Superintendent for allegedly collecting
$150,000 (about N45 million) from some military
officers currently under investigation for their
involvement in the arms procurement scam.

He promised to give the unnamed seven military
officers soft landing to escape probe in the
$2.1billion arms scandal.

A statement issued by the EFCC’s Head of
Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said
documents relating to the ongoing arms scandal
investigation were recovered from the suspect.

The statement said: “An operative of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, a Deputy Detective
Superintendent, (DDS) has been arrested for
offences bordering on extortion, influence
peddling and impersonation.

“The officer was arrested on Monday following
intelligence report alleging that he extorted a
whopping sum of $150,000 from some military
officers on the pretext that he would help give
them a soft landing in the ongoing investigation
into the arms deal scandal.

“Upon his arrest, a search was executed on his
residence in Abuja where the following items
were recovered: $20,000 cash, N500, 000 cash,
two police uniforms bearing his name with the
ranks of Deputy Superintendent and Assistant
Superintendent, Police warrant card No: 27/2014
with the rank of DSP allegedly obtained from
Kano Constabulary office, documents relating to
military arms investigation and account
information of several senior military officers.

“A search of his car parked in the premises
yielded the following items: unbranded pistol with
a magazine and 10 live ammunitions.

“His modus operandi includes dropping the
names of ranking officers of the commission,
claiming he was acting on their behalf.
” A paper containing seven of such names was
recovered in his house.

“The suspect has made useful statement, while
investigation continues.”