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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