Emefiele: EFCC Raids Dangote Group’s Head Office in Lagos

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today raided the headquarters of the Dangote Group in connection with ongoing investigation into forex allocations in the country.

According to PREMIUM TIMES, on arrival at the headquarters of the Dangote Group in Lagos, the EFCC operatives demanded documents relating to allocation of foreign exchange to the group in the last 10 years.

They later scrutinised the documents provided by officials of the Group for hours, carting some of them away.

Newsmakerslive.org learnt that the EFCC had written to 52 companies directing them to supply documents supporting the allocation and utilization of foreign currencies to them in the last 10 years.

The EFCC letter to the companies is part of ongoing investigation into alleged preferential Forex allocations to individuals and organisation by the Central Bank of Nigeria during the tenure of Godwin Emefiele.

It was further learnt that while some of the companies the EFCC wrote to had since complied, others asked for more time to gather information and documents.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, declined comment on the matter, while rhe spokesperson for the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, could not be reached for comment.