The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one of its operatives, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, who is a Deputy Detective Superintendent for allegedly collecting $150,000 (about N45 million) from some military officers currently under investigation for their involvement in the arms procurement scam.

He promised to give the unnamed seven military officers soft landing to escape probe in the $2.1billion arms scandal.

A statement issued by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren,  said documents relating to the ongoing arms scandal investigation were recovered from the suspect.

The statement said: “An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrahman Mohammed Biu, a Deputy Detective Superintendent, (DDS) has been arrested for offences bordering on extortion, influence peddling and impersonation.

“The officer was arrested on Monday following intelligence report alleging that he extorted a whopping sum of $150,000 from some  military officers on the pretext that he would help give them a soft landing in the ongoing  investigation into the arms deal  scandal.

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