Operatives of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday raided the residence of the
immediate past Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko, in Abuja.
Anti-graft personnel arrived at the
house located at 6, Ahmed Musa Crescent, Jabi, at about 7 a.m., the News Agency
of Nigeria reported.
Mr. Dikko was not at home at the time
of raid. NAN reports that the mission of the personnel was not disclosed to any
member of the family who were in the house.
Armed officials of EFCC were still
around the property by Friday noon, NAN said.
The agency quoted an armed police at
the house as saying that they were deployed to ensure there was no breakdown of
law and order.
The report also quoted Mohammed
Usman, a relative to the former Customs boss, as saying that the EFCC
operatives arrived at the residence at about 7 a.m.
According to him, about seven
operatives searched different sections of the property for documents.
“A team of about seven operatives of
the EFCC in company with some armed policemen arrived at the residence at about
7am and have been in the house for the past five hours.
“From the information available to
me, no search warrant was presented before the commencement of the search.
“As I speak to you, they are
currently in my uncle’s bedroom carrying out the search in his absence,” he
said.
Mr. Usman faulted the search on the
ground that the operation was being carried out in the absence of the former
comptroller-general.
“The only people in the house at the
commencement of this search and even till now are his children who are below
the ages of 18,” he said.
When contacted, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC
Spokesman said that he had not been informed of the search on the former
comptroller -general’s residence.
(NAN)
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