The premises of the National Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, at the Mur’tala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos was last Thursday invaded by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
During the operation, which lasted few hours, movements were restricted by the EFCC, and computers at the Audit department as well as other key offices were thoroughly searched.
Thereafter, some senior members of staff were interrogated and told to present themselves for further questioning at later date at the anti-money laundering agency’s office.
However, the EFCC operatives left with no documents.
The reason for the visit could not be ascertained, but the Manager, Corporate Communications and Services, NAHCO AVIANCE, Tayo Ajakaye, told Punch that the Chief Financial Officer of NAHCO, Bamidele Adelaja, was available to attend to the EFCC because the Managing Director and the company secretary were not around as at the time of the visit.
“The CFO confirmed that he was shown a search warrant by the EFCC officials even as he added that NAHCO was always ready to cooperate with government agencies and regulators in every way and was ready to do so in the present case.
“The visit, which started around 4pm ended a little after 7pm when the operatives left with a few documents,” he said.
