The Economic and Financial Crimes Commision
has Arrested and Detained one of its Detectives Uzodinma Kingsley Agbazue for
demanding a bribe of N15 million from a
Nigerian lawmaker under investigation for undisclosed financial crime,
Superintendent, DDS, was disarmed and
detained on Thursday following a complaint lodged by the Nigerian lawmaker that
he collected the cash with a promise to kill the case involving him or at
least, give him a ‘“soft landing” in his
matter with the anti-graft agency by compromising the investigation.
According to the complainant, Agbazue had
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 N15 million
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 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 N10 million had been given to someone “to kill the case
from the top”.
“The complainant also alleged that the
operative had earlier collected N1 million at a different time as assistance
for settlement of his wife’s medical bill.
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