The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one of its staff identified as Detective Assistant Habila Dungji Buba and his girlfriend Keron Ayuba Lapips , an undergraduate of University of Maiduguri over theft of case file.
The Borno State Command of the Commission which made the arrest, equally picked up Bashir Muhammad, a police Sergeant seconded to the Commission over the matter.
The suspects are believed to have stolen the case file in order to derail the course of justice.
According to The Nation, the EFCC Zonal Head for Maiduguri, Mr. Aliyu Ado Aliyu, who made the announcement while briefing newsmen on Wednesday said: “on Friday the 19th of January , 2017 , this zonal office got information from one of its suspects under investigation that someone posing as a Staff of the commission intimated him on phone about a case under investigation involving him and which the alleged imposter promised to avail him with the original casefile on condition for payment of an amount of money.
“The commission then detailed a team of operatives to investigate the matter. During investigation, a Staff of the Commission , one Detective Assistant Habila Dungji Buba and his girlfriend, Keron Ayuba Lapips, an undergraduate of the University of Maiduguri were arrested while trying to make an exchange of the said casefile reported in the matter.
“The said Detective Assistant then revealed to the team of investigators one Sgt Bashir Muhammad, a police officer attached to the Maiduguri zonal office, as the person who gave him the said casefile and also guided him on how to carry out the exchange successfully, on the grounds of helping him secure money to buy a car for which he had earlier informed the said sergeant of his need and also of his financial incapacity.”
Aliyu restated the commission’s resolve to rid the nation of corrupt practices, even among its own staff.
He also urged the public to report any of its personnel who demand any form of bribe to influence the course of justice, saying such persons would be weeded out of the system.