EFCC DRIVER,OTHERS ARRESTED FOR IMPERSONATION AND FRAUD.{READ}.

                            A driver with the EFCC,Nasiru Isa,has been arrested by operatives of the agency for offences bordering on criminal breach of truth,attempted theft,conspiracy and impersonation.The driver,who joined the Commission about 18 months ago,is a member of a criminal syndicate that attempted to break into a sealed property by the EFCC,with the intent of carting away goods suspected to be proceeds of money laundering.The syndicate to be proceeds of money laundering.The syndicate includes a mobile police officer,Corporal Aliyu Ismaila,Abubakar Jibrin,Abdulsalam Ado,Ibrahim Babangida,Reuben Dauda,Hassan Aliyu,Sani Yusuf and Murtala Mohammed.Located in the choice area of Garki,Abuja,the property is currently under investigation by tthe agency,and became a subject of interest,in the aftermath of findings into the N3.9 billion fraud case involving a former Chief of Defence Staff,CDS,Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh {retd}.The property was also linked to the wife of the former CDS.Investigations by EFCC operatives revealed that shortly after the property was sealed,some individuals moved about 12 bags believed to contain items linked to money laundering offence,into the property.On August 30,2016 operatives of the EFCC as part of monitoring activities on the sealed property,had gone to site to execute a search.However,members of the syndicate took to their heels on sighting the operatives of the anti-graft agency.A carpenter,Yakubu Muhammad,who was hired by the syndicate was left behind and was subsequently arrested by the the operatives.The carpenter,who has been cooperating with operatives,confessed that he was not in the know of the illicit activity,as he was only brought in by the syndicate to assist with the use of his carpentry tools to break into he property.Investigations revealed that one of those in the know about the goods as the brain behind the scheming to steal them.The syndicate decided they would need to subdue the security man at the property,which would mean they would need to involve security personnel in the syndicate.Subsequently,Isa was contacted.To further beef up the security aspect of the crime,he also contacted his friend,Ismaila,who came for the ''operation'' fully armed.In perpetrating the crime,Dauda had posed as an Intelligence Police officer in the office of the Inspector General's office.However,nemesis caught up with them on August 30,2016 when they were caught in the act of breaking into the property,having successfully overpowered the security guard at the entrance of the property.They would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.