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Monday, 1 August 2016

EFCC strikes NAHCO Lagos office, summons officers

                                   

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has assaulted the National Aviation Handling Company at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

A source in the organization trusted in our journalist that the agents of the commission raged the complex at around 5pm on Thursday and promptly confined development all through the premises.

It was learnt that amid the operation that kept going around three hours, the agents directed a careful inquiry on PCs in some key workplaces, including the Audit office.


After the inquiry, the lesser individuals from staff were advised to go home while they doubted some senior specialists.

The source said those tested incorporated the organization secretary, the head of Internal Audit and other some other senior individuals from staff. It was accumulated that the attack won't not be detached with the sacking of a senior administration specialist last Monday.

"They questioned the organization secretary, the head of Audit division and a few heads of office, including resource administration, foundation and load and the agents didn't leave until around 8pm," the source said.

Despite the fact that the agents left without any archives, the key officers were summoned to answer to the commission at a later date for further examination.

At the point when reached to know more about the attack and what date the officers were to answer to the commission, the representative for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said he didn't have the data about the attack however that he would discover and give our reporter a criticism, which he had yet to do as of the season of recording this report.

In any case, the Manager, Corporate Communications and Services, NAHCO AVIANCE, Mr. Tayo Ajakaye, when reached, affirmed the agents' visit. He said the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Bamidele Adelaja, was accessible to take care of them since the Managing Director and the organization secretary were not around.

An announcement which he later sent by email to our reporter on Sunday mostly read, "Not able to meet with any of the two top organization authorities, they (the agents) then asked for to see the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Bamidele Adelaja, with whom they invested some energy sorting out some organization reports which they were keen on.

"The CFO affirmed that he was demonstrated a court order by the EFCC authorities even as he included that NAHCO was constantly prepared to collaborate with government offices and controllers all around and was prepared to do as such in the present case.

"The visit, which began around 4pm finished a short while after 7pm when the agents left with a couple records."

Ajakaiye noticed that the genuine reason for the visit stayed obscure as the EFCC authorities were "tight lipped" about the explanation behind their visit.

source: Punch

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