The EFCC on Monday October 31st, arrested a
self-acclaimed building engineer, Abdullahi
Rilwan, for offences bordering on operating a
land racketeering syndicate, criminal
conspiracy, unlawful possession of classified
documents, obtaining by false pretense and
money laundering.
Operatives of the EFCC had as part of
investigation into the $2.1billion arms
procurement fraud, visited the Kuje Area
Council, Abuja.
The visit was in connection
with several properties in the area, suspected
to be proceeds of money laundering. In the
course of investigating the ownership of a
filling station and a shopping complex both
still under construction located along Pegi
Road, in the Kuje Area Council, operatives
gathered that Rilwan was in charge of the
construction work.
Rilwan, who was subsequently engaged,
denied ownership of the station, but
confirmed he was the engineer in charge of
the construction work.
He admitted to being
the owner of the shopping complex. He also
told operatives that he was the owner of two
companies, Kaibo Oil and Gas and Kaibo
Properties, but could not account for the
source of wealth.
A visit to his office, however, revealed that he
was involved in several shady and suspicious
business transaction deals. The revelation
made EFCC operatives to beam their
searchlight on Rilwan’s business activities.
Subsequently, on October 31, a search and
arrest warrant was executed at his Kuje
residence.
The search unearthed several implicating
documents in his custody, many of which he
used to sell plots of land. Properties recovered
from his residence in Kuje, include letter-head
papers in the name of Kuje Area Council
allocating plots of land, an “Irrevocable Power
of Attorney” in favour of Air Commodore
Bassy Inyang, a “Right of Occupancy”
document granted to Henryville Farms, Abuja,
among other implicating documents. The
filling station and the complex are currently
under investigation, and he would be charged
to court as soon as the investigations are
concluded.
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