Former Vice President Sambo’s Office In Abuja Raided By EFCC

Yesterday, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided an office complex in Abuja belonging to former Vice President Namadi Sambo.

EFCC operatives raided the office complex, which is not far from the National Defence College along Herbert Macaulay Way, Abuja, between 12noon and 6pm on Saturday.

Aside from being on the list of those to be probed for arms purchase, it was gathered that the former vice president was also being investigated for his role as the Chairman of the National Council on Privatisation in the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration.

Findings showed that the EFCC operatives carted away many documents from the office but did not arrest anybody.

EFCC on Monday began an analysis of documents seized from the office of the former vice president.

A top operative of the anti-graft agency said that the operatives were on a mission to seize evidence that would likely be used against Sambo.

It was learnt that the documents carted away from Sambo’s office in files included banking transactions and inventory of properties within and outside Nigeria as well as copies of his asset declaration forms.

The source said the operatives had traced several properties believed to belong to Sambo to the United Kingdom and the United States apart from several others in the country.

Investigation would get to a stage where the former vice president would be requested to make clarifications on the properties traced to him.