As part of effort to widens investigations into the foreign exchange transactions during the tenure of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, a thorough search has been conducted by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the head office of the Dangote group in lagos.
A previous report has it that in November 2023, Dangote Group denied allegations of foreign exchange (forex) malpractices and money laundering of a purported staggering sum of $3.4 billion.
Meanwhile, it was learned that the operatives of the EFCC on Thursday requested documents related to forex allocations to the group from 2015 to the time Emefiele was suspended by President Bola Tinubu and subsequently arrested by the agents of the Department of States Services in June 2023.
“It is an ongoing investigation. Nothing has been concluded yet,” disclosed a source at the Lagos office of the EFCC.
Some staff at Dangote Group also confirmed that EFCC agents were at the office earlier in the day, adding that the interaction was cordial as they provided the documents requested by the anti-graft agency.
