Some soldiers attached to the Office of the National Security Adviser prevented operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from marking some of the seized properties belonging to Jafaru Mohammed, the Director of Finance and Administration at the office of the National Security Adviser on Wednesday.
The EFCC had obtained an interim forfeiture approval from Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on March 11, 2021, and proceeded to mark eight properties belonging to the NSA’s aide.
It was gathered that when a team of EFCC officials began marking some of the properties on Wednesday, armed soldiers arrived in a white Hilux and chased the EFCC officials away.
Journalists, who went to some of the properties to confirm this development, said soldiers took a bucket of water and soap and quickly cleaned off the markings which read, ‘EFCC Under Investigation, Keep Off!”
The soldiers were reportedly on guard other properties to prevent EFCC officials from marking the properties.
Properties affected include: A house at 7 God’s Own Estate, Road 1, Wamba District, a fenced plot at 1 Jubril Aminu Crescent, Katampe Extension, a plot at Kubwa Express Road directly opposite Abuja Model City Gate, A house at Block SD 22, Road 5, Kabusa Garden Estate, Abuja; Plot 15, 21st Crescent, Second Avenue, Gwarinpa, 3 Liverpool Close, Sun City Estate and 25 Osaka Street, Sun City.
The properties are believed to be worth billions of naira which far exceeds the income of a Brigadier-General.