The EFCC operatives scrutinised the documents provided by officials of the Dangote Group with a fine-tooth comb before carting some of them away.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) conducted a raid at the Headquarters of the Dangote Group as it intensified investigations into foreign exchange deals under the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
Founded by Nigerian billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote, Dangote Group is West Africa’s largest conglomerate and one of the biggest in Africa.
Operatives of the anti-graft agency arrived at the group’s headquarters in Lagos on Thursday, December 4, 2023, demanding documents relating to foreign exchange allocations it received in the last ten years, per Premium Times.
The EFCC operatives scrutinised the documents provided by the group’s officials with a fine-tooth comb before carting some of them away.
It was gathered that the EFCC had written to 52 companies, instructing them to supply documents supporting the allocation and utilisation of foreign currencies to them in the last decade.
Dangote Group had, in November 2023, denied allegations of malpractices and money laundering of a purported staggering sum of $3.4 billion it received from the apex bank.
The EFFC visit on Thursday caught the company off guard, given that they were preparing to surrender boxes containing the sought documents to the anti-graft agency.
A source told the paper that “The Dangote people intimated to the EFCC that the documents were ready and that they were bringing them over. But the EFCC said its operatives would rather come to the company to collect the documents.”
