EFCC gets ballistic vests from US Police

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, EFCC Politics Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

The Philadelphia Police Department in the United States of America has donated 24 high-end ballistic vests to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to enhance the operations of the agency.

The support from the US Police came even, as the Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri ordered the immediate release of three Merceded Benz cars worth over 350,000 Euros recovered from fraudsters by EFCC operatives in Lagos to the German police.

The vehicles were fraudulently shipped to Lagos in February 2009 by a Nigerian fraudster, John Aban and two German accomplices who had already been arrested, prosecuted and convicted in Germany.

Impressed by the EFCC efforts to tackle corruption in Nigeria, the Philadelphia police department had at the 244th session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia early this year, promised to assist the agency with logistic support. This promise was promptly followed with the donation of the ballistic vests, which were shipped to Nigeria about two weeks ago.

While acknowledging the support from the US Police, Mrs. Waziri in a letter yesterday said, the vests will help against attacks on operatives of the Commission.

The German Police thereafter contacted the EFCC for assistance on the case. The vehicles were later traced and recovered from a compound in Victoria Island, Lagos where they were kept.

The German police had in a letter of appreciation to the EFCC thanked the Commission “for the prompt and professional reaction to my request leading to the seizure of the three luxury vehicles.” “I was really impressed though not surprised since I have experienced your cooperation over the past three and a half years”, Dominik Muller, the Police liason officer said in the letter.

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