EFCC Trails Ex-customs Boss Dubai Plans Arrest At Airport
The federal government has reportedly ordered security agents at the nation’s airports and borders to arrest Abdullahi Dikko, the former comptroller-general of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), as soon as he returns back to Nigeria.
On Friday, January 8, the EFCC operatives stormed Dikko’s residence at Jabi in Abuja and conducted a thorough search.
According to sources within the anti-graft agency, the search took several hours and ended at about dusk. However, the agents did not meet Dikko at home.
The EFCC was allegedly looking for huge sum of money, believed to be stashed in a residence owned by the former customs chief.
Speaking with The Punch, a senior official of the commission revealed that the EFCC had trailed the ex-customs boss to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. However, the source but did not give the reason for the trip.
The source alos refused to speak on the specifics of the investigation or the reason for the high-profile raid but noted that the former NCS boss would be arrested on his arrival back to Nigeria.
“The commission has information that the man is in Dubai. I can’t say precisely why he is in the UAE; you know that most of our leaders have one problem or the other, medically, which makes them travel out. But we have informed airport authorities in Lagos and Abuja to pick him up as soon as he arrives,” he said.
It was also gathered that a delegation of top operatives of the EFCC was billed to travel outside the country for a mission connected with the ongoing investigation.
When contacted, Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesman of the EFCC, said that he did not have any information on the issue.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Usman, a relative of the ex-customs boss, has alleged thatthe commission did not secure a search warrant before raiding the residence.
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