CHANGE IS HERE : EFCC ARRESTS ITS OWN MEMBER FOR CORRUPTION

The EFCC on Thursday, September 15, 2016,
arrested one of its operatives, Uzodinma
Kingsley Agbazue for offences bordering on
criminal conspiracy and extortion.
Agbazue, a Deputy Detective Superintendent,
DDS, was arrested following a complaint by a
lawmaker currently under investigation by the
Commission, alleging that the operative
collected N15million from him with a promise to
give him soft landing by compromising the
investigation.
According to the complainant, Agbazue
allegedly approached him, claiming he had been
mandated by the officer handling the case to
discuss and reach an agreement on how to “kill
the case”. Following the approach, a sum of
N15million was given to Agbazue whose game
plan collapsed after the Investigating officer,
who was ignorant of his scheme, refused to do
his bidding. With the investigation gathering
increased momentum after parting with the
hefty sum, the complainant became
uncomfortable and demanded a refund.
The complainant stated that, when he
requested for the refund of his money, Agbazue
only returned N5million claiming that the
balance of N10million had been given to
someone “to kill the case from the top”.
The complainant also alleged that the operative
collected N1million at a different time as
assistance for settlement of his wife’s medical
bill. Agbazue’s action is in contravention of the
Commission’s mandate and ideals as the EFCC
will not solicit or accept gratification from a
suspect to compromise a case under
investigation. The suspect will be subjected to
administrative action as precursor to possible
prosecution at the end of the investigation




Source :LIB
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE