Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday raided the residence of the former Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Abdullahi Dikko, in Abuja.
The anti-graft personnel were said to have arrived at the house located at 6, Ahmed Musa Crescent, Jabi, about 7 a.m.
Dikko was not at home when the officers arrived and their mission was not disclosed to any member of the family who were in the house.
Immediately they arrived, armed officials of EFCC surrounded the house.
One of the relatives of Dikko, Mohammed Usman, said: “From the information I gathered, the operatives numbering about seven were in the house to carry out search 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.
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, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC Spokesman said that he had not been informed of the search on the former comptroller -general’s residence.
