Opposite to speculations in some sections of the media that the officers of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), carted some paperwork away from its head workplace, final Thursday, the administration of Dangote Industries Restricted (DIL), has debunked the declare, stating that the officers really visited, however left the workplace with none doc.
In an advertorial revealed in some Nationwide dailies, the Administration of DIL acknowledged that EFCC officers really got here to its head workplace on the 4th of January 2024, and left after a while.
The assertion revealed that the officers didn’t take any paperwork with them as its employees, had been of their workplace with the stated paperwork already. “…our staff took the primary batch of paperwork to the EFCC, on the identical day they visited us. The officers, who noticed our employees of their workplace didn’t settle for the paperwork, insisting on visiting our workplaces.
“While our representatives had been nonetheless on the EFCC’s workplace to ship the paperwork, a staff of their officers proceeded to go to our workplaces to demand the identical paperwork in a fashion that appeared designed to trigger us unwarranted embarrassment. Worthy of observe is the truth that the officers didn’t take any paperwork or information from our Head workplace throughout their go to as these had been already of their workplace.”
The Administration asserted that the corporate didn’t have something to cover because it operates open and clear transactions.
The paperwork they wished had been from 2014, about 10 years in the past and we sought clarification on the subsidiaries or firms inside the Group that they required info on and pleaded for time, to have the ability to put all of the paperwork collectively.
“Nevertheless, the EFCC didn’t present the clarification sought and didn’t honour the request for an extension and insisted on receiving the whole set of paperwork inside the restricted timeframe.”
Regardless of the constraints, DIL Administration via the advertorial acknowledged that: “We assured the EFCC of our dedication to offering the data and pledged to share paperwork in batches as we full the compilation.”
“As a law-abiding and moral company citizen, we stay dedicated to offering the EFCC with all vital info and cooperation. We have now already delivered the primary batch of paperwork and are actively working to compile and submit the remaining paperwork, in good time, to assist their investigation.”
