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$1.3BN MALABU SCAM: EFCC raids Adoke’s home

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$1.3BN MALABU SCAM: EFCC raids Adoke’s home

The Kano home of the former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), was on Wednesday raided by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The EFCC is said to have raided the home as part of investigations into the $1.3billion Malabu oil deal scam.

Adoke, who disclosed the raid in a statement, said the operatives of the anti-graft agency stormed his home and broke down the doors without a search warrant.

“Some EFCC operatives today raided the house of former AGF and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN). They found nothing after breaking down the doors of his residence in Kano.

Read also: MALABU OIL DEAL: Judge counsels EFCC on how to get ex-AGF Adoke to face trial

“There was no evidence of a search warrant but they broke down some doors, searched everywhere and the roof. No information on the actual mission of the operatives. This invasion is without deference to the ongoing cases in court against the ex-AGF, the statement read.

Adoke is facing two separate criminal charges, following his alleged involvement in oil bloc fraud.

He was said to have played a key role in “a fraudulent deal” that saw the transfer of ownership of a disputed Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, to two multinational oil companies, Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company and Nigeria Agip Exploration Ltd.

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  1. Oise Oikelomen

    April 13, 2017 at 12:24 pm

    This is part of the problem with the anti graft war. Too much initial gra gra, no tangible results in terms of convictions at the end of the day. Another wrongful invasion of a “legally innocent” man’s home. Why can’t EFCC and DSS (by the way, won’t it help for us to be sure which of these two rival agencies is really carrying out the war?) follow due process sef? Harrasing old judges in the middle of the night, breaking down people’s doors without warrant,. . . It stinks. This is not a banana republic. Later now, when they fail to get a conviction, they will blame it on the “corrupt judiciary”.

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