Why We visited DangoteHQ – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed that it conducted a search at the Dangote Group Headquarters with a search warrant.
The purpose was to obtain essential documents related to forex allocations to the company from 2014 to 2023 during the tenure of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
The EFCC stated that the decision to search the Dangote Group’s head office was prompted by the company’s reluctance to promptly provide the requested documents.
The anti graft agency said the visit was justified because its operatives were “able to get the vital documents they wanted.”
EFCC said it would not join issues with the company but asked Nigerians to wait for the outcome of the investigation.
Due to purported delays in obtaining details of foreign exchange allocations to the Dangote Group since 2014, the EFCC dispatched a team of detectives to the company’s head office last Thursday.
While the Dangote Group and 51 other companies were instructed to submit details of forex allocations, a reliable source within the EFCC indicated that the search conducted on Thursday was deemed necessary.
According to The Nation, the source last night, said: “We demanded for some vital documents but Dangote Group was not forthcoming.”
The Nation reports that the source said after obtaining a search warrant, the commission sent its operatives to the head office of Dangote Group.
“We did not storm or raid the office because we allowed staff, customers and visitors to go in and out of the place. The search was justifiable because our operatives got the vital documents they wanted on foreign exchange allocations to Dangote Group, “he said.
Responding to a question, he declared: “As an anti-graft agency, EFCC will not join issues with Dangote Group but Nigerians should wait for the outcome of the ongoing investigation.
“No one or group can impede or delay investigation. We cannot be deterred, we will get to the roots of the forex allocations in 10 years.”
The Nation
