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35-year-old kidnap suspect now with the police has revealed that he was
part of the security men who stole N310 million from the house of
Senate President, Bukola Saraki in 2015. The man, Abdulrasheed Maigari,
is in police net for another crime. He was among the kidnap gang that
has been terrorizing Abuja for some time now and he spoke with
CrimeGuard.
Maigari is a graduate of political science from Ado
Bayero University, Kano and was enlisted into the Department of State
Service, DSS as a Senior Intelligence Officer in 2011.
He was
later posted to the Maitama residence of the Senate President in 2015
and late that year he said that three vehicles had brought in some money
into the compound of the Senate President and knowing that it was
government money which he said could have been appropriated they decided
to rob the drivers who brought the money about 1 am.
He said
that the Army Captain in charge of the security of the place ordered
their action and that they ended up stealing up to N310 million which
they shared and that his share was N30 million. Said he: “I served in
operations department at Gombe and Osun Commands of the DSS before my
dismissal in 2015.
Before I was dismissed, I was posted to the
home of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki in Maitama and in November
2015, I can’t recall the exact date, three vehicles brought in the N310
million into the compound and the Army Captain who was on ground that
day ordered that we should take the money away because he suspected the
money was government money which could have been wrongly appropriated
and could, therefore, be taken.
We were four DSS operatives
and four army officers involved and we drove the three cars to a house
in Suleja where the money was shared. I got N30 million and I bought a
car and took it to Kaduna State where I hid the rest of my share.
I
came back to Abuja, but on November 28, 2015, I was asked to report at
DSS Headquarters and when I got there, I was interrogated over the theft
and detained for five months, dismissed and charged to court. I was
remanded in Kuje Prison, where I eventually fell ill after seven months.
I was very sick and I was granted bail by the court on health grounds.”
Maigari
was among those who kidnapped Alhaji Isa Ozi Salami last month and were
arrested after their leader had collected N2.8 million and was spoiling
for more money when luck ran out on them and the police swooped on them
four days ago.
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