The premier anti-graft body, EFCC has raided the abode of a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Adoke in search for incriminating documents.
The high-powered team of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives has raided the Kano residence of the former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke.
The residence, located at 3 Alu Avenue in Kano, Kano State, was ransacked by EFCC operatives in an effort to discover evidence of financial crimes committed by Mr. Adoke during his tenure as Attorney General under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
The raid was carried out from 12 noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, according to an EFCC source.
The operatives search all rooms and water tanks in the house, but found no incriminating evidence.
A Sahara Reporters correspondent was informed that Mr. Adoke’s wife left the residence a few hours before the EFCC operatives arrived for their investigation.
Sources also revealed that the former Attorney General is rarely at his Kano residence, which is usually guarded by watchmen.
All efforts to contact the media officer of the EFCC in Kano zone, Idris Nadabo, proved abortive.
On getting to the building, operatives met the entrance door locked. Guards at the gate explained that nobody resides in the apartment, but some persons come in and out once in a while.
In compliance with the magisterial order contained in the warrant, the EFCC used minimum force to gain entrance into the apartment, the agency said.
Monies were found in two of the four-bedroom apartment.
A further search of the wardrobe by operatives in one of the rooms was found to be warehousing three fireproof cabinets disguisedly hidden behind wooden panels of the wardrobe. Upon assessing the content of the cabinets, neatly arranged were US dollars, British pound sterling, and some naira notes in sealed wrappers.
Preliminary findings indicate that the funds are suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity. Investigations are ongoing.