Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, stormed the Lagos Head Office of the Dangote Group.
According to The Cable, the EFCC operatives are conducting a search on forex allocations to the company during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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When contacted for confirmation, the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, declined comments on the happening.
However, a Dangote employee confirmed that EFCC operatives were at the company’s head office.
“They asked for documents on forex transactions with the CBlN,” the employee said.
Recall that Emefiele was released from Kuje Correctional Centre on December 23 after meeting his bail conditions.
The embattled former governor of the central bank was granted a N300 million bail by on 22 November. The bail conditions required him to produce two sureties in like sum. The sureties must have certificates of occupancy and titles of properties within the Maitama district of Abuja.
Mr Emefiele was also mandated to deposit all his travel documents with the registrar of the court and remain within the Abuja Municipal Council.
He was on 18 November arraigned on six counts of procurement fraud.
He was also accused of abusing his office by approving a contract for the acquisition of 43 vehicles totaling N1.2 billion from 2018 to 2020.
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Mr Emefiele was arrested by security operatives in June after President Bola Tinubu suspended him from his position as the CBN governor.
Peter Afunanya, the SSS spokesperson, said Mr Emefiele was arrested for some investigative reasons.
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