EFCC in Enugu seeks closer ties with 82 Div. of Nigerian Army
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has solicited for a robust partnership between the commission and the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu.
The EFCC South-East Head, Mr Johnson Babalola, stated this when he received the Commander of the Provost Unit of the division, Col. D. A. Abubakar, in Enugu on Thursday.
Babalola said that the security operatives must synergise to secure the country, adding that the EFCC was ready to assist the Nigerian Army in the area of training and investigation.He said that the commission and 82 Division of the Nigerian Army had cordial, robust and professional relationship bearing in mind their mutual mandate of securing the Nigerian state.
“We have a very robust relationship with the Nigerian Army and because we are children of the same father, the Federal Government, we don’t have any choice than to synergise and cooperate as security is a serious business.
“Our involvement in the investigation of how funds budgeted and donated for Internally Displaced Persons in the South-East were utilized is a clear testimony to this kind of cooperation we are talking about,” he said.
Babalola urged the commander to be cautious in his line of duty and to apply wisdom as his officers were not only powerful but sensitive, hence the need to exercise caution.Earlier, Abubakar said that he was at the commission to seek for a closer collaboration between the EFCC and the army in general and his unit in particular.
“Being the police of the army and bearing in mind that we do a lot of investigations and other related work, we are here to seek for cooperation in areas of mutual interest,” he said.He said that the Nigerian did not tolerate high-handedness of its officers in dealing with civilians, adding that those found culpable of brutality were usually dealt with.
“These activities are not tolerated and those involved are appropriately sanctioned.“However, it is important for Nigerians to know their boundaries in what they wear as these pose a lot of security risks and there is a law condemning the use of military gear by civilians,” Abubakar said.
