This is surely a bad time for former officials of the Nigerian state who are being probe for corruption allegation. A curious case is that of the former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Inde Dikko who landed in hospital after 8 hours of rigorous interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Dikko had on Thursday turned himself in to the EFCC to answer questions concerning N42bn fraud investigation the agency is conducting. It was reported that the former CG was looking pale an indication of ill health when he turned himself in.
A top source in the anti- graft commission told The Nation, “When Dikko reported at the EFCC, he was looking pale. It was obvious that his health was in bad shape,” a top authority at the agency said. “We interacted with him and relocated him to a hospital for treatment. From the first day, we allowed him to stay in hospital. Our operatives are only watching over him at the hospital.
The official however said he was never detained. “We need to set the records straight. He was never at any time detained in EFCC’s custody because of his frail health. But we are monitoring him in a hospital.”
Out of the total fraud sum Dikko is being grilled on the sources of funds with which he acquired a N2 billion mansion at 1, Audu Ogbe Street, Jabi Abuja.
The anti-graft agency had been on the trail of Dikko since January 8 when its operatives stormed the posh residence of the ex-Customs boss.
