EFCC recovers 17 vehicles from former Customs boss

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February 22, 2017 5:06 PM

The EFCC found the cars at a warehouse belonging to Dikko on Nnamdi Azikiwe Street in Kaduna.

Alhaji Abdullahi Inde Dikko

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered 17 vehicles from former Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko.

The agency said it searched the premises after being informed that “proceeds of crime” were being stored in the warehouse.

“Upon receipt of the intelligence, a team of operatives from the Kano zonal office were deployed to carry out the investigation,” the EFCC said in a statement.

“On arrival at the location, two individuals who were discovered to be the custodians of the property, Dantala Mohammed and Ahmed Balarabe were presented with a search warrant.

“Upon executing the search warrant, a total of seventeen amongst them brand new cars, shuttle buses and SUVs were discovered.

“Consequently, the vehicles and the two individuals who are now also suspects in the investigation were conveyed to the commission’s zonal offices in Kaduna and Kano respectively for further investigation which revealed that the warehouse in question actually belongs to the former customs boss,” it added.

The vehicles were listed as:

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