The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been reported to have on Saturday raided a farm in Nasarawa State, belonging to the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.
They were said to have confiscated the farm’s documents such as sales books, receipt booklets, staff members’ list and other documents, according to a report on Punchng.
About nine EFCC operatives, a cameraman and policemen were said to have arrived at Wanogan Farms Limited located in the Masaka area of Nasarawa State.
Punch reports that the operatives arrived around 3pm on Saturday and searched the premises for over three hours.
A relative of Onnoghen was quoted as saying that the management of the farm was made to sign a document that the farm was not raided.
The source said: “No document was presented to the manager under the claims that the EFCC doesn’t need a search warrant. They searched his office and made away with a list of staff members from around February last year.
“The manager was then made to write and sign a document that nowhere was broken into, and nothing was taken. The supervisor was made to countersign. Both were made to do this under duress.
“The cashier was then harassed and made to turn over the sales record and all receipts and invoices in his keeping. He was also made to write an undertaking releasing the sales book to them under duress and made to write his name and designation.”
The source added that their phones were seized to avoid recordings.
EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, was said to have denied knowledge of the raid when contacted on phone.
