EFCC Raids Dangote Corporate Headquarters in Abuja

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have raided the corporate headquarters of Dangote group in Abuja.

The operatives were said to have carted away documents from the corporate headquarters of the company.

The mission of the anti-graft operatives could not be immediately ascertained.

but it is believed to be part of the ongoing investigation of the foreign exchange allocated during the tenure of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, which is under probe.

It will be recalled that chairman of Dangote group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote last November dismissed allegations of the involvement of his companies in the foreign exchange malpractices to the tune of $3.4 billion.

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Dangote who traced the allegations to his detractors, claimed he has records of foreign exchange transactions with the CBN, which according to him, were intact.

He challenged anybody with proof of illegality in his companies’ foreign exchange transactions to come forward.

The Thursday’s raid is expected to spread to other major companies.

The source said such Gestapo tactics by the EFCC could discourage foreign investors from coming to Nigeria.

The Dangote Group is perhaps Africa’s largest conglomerate and it is troubling that the EFCC could deal with it in an unnecessary show of force especially when it is not obstructing its investigation in any form, the source added.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, declined comment on the matter, saying he was at a meeting. He did not answer or return subsequent calls made to him.

The spokesperson for the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, could not be reached to comment for this story.