Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have reportedly stormed the head office of Dangote Group and 51 other companies where they are currently probing FX allocation to the companies during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Workers at the office reportedly confirmed the development to Bloomberg and The Cable on Wednesday.
According to the unnamed workers who were quoted by the news outlets, The EFCC officials 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).
Bloomberg said an official at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission confirmed the visit to the Lagos headquarters of Africa’s richest person. The outlet said the official, who declined to be identified, said the commission’s team was looking into foreign exchange dealings with the central bank under Emefiele, who was arrested in June on charges including fraud.
PoliticsNow sent WhatsApp message to spokesman of Dangote Group, Tony Chiejine. He has not responded as at the time of filing this report.
The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale was unreachable for comment on the matter as at the time of filing the report.
The Cable quoted an employee of Dangote saying the EFCC operatives demanded for documents relating to forex allocation.
“They asked for documents on forex transactions with the CBN,” the employee said.
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