The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has closed down the Abuja office of First Group, a Dubai firm which has a direct connection with Buratai’s property for alleged $200bn scam.
The Commission made this known in a statement on Wednesday.It was gathered that the firm has a link involved in the purchase of property in Dubai by Tukur Buratai, lieutenant general and chief of army staff.
The post on the twitter handle of the EFCC reads,“As part of the ongoing probe of the laundering of over $200billion loot in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by former political office holders, operatives of the EFCC today, July 13th 2016, stormed the office of a Dubai property firm, The First Group Company, in Abuja,” the statement posted on the Twitter handle of the EFCC read.
“The EFCC team raided the company’s seventh-floor office at the Bank of Industry building in the Central Business District of the Federal Capital Territory after obtaining a search warrant.
“The company is also being investigated for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians by luring them to invest in real estate in Dubai.
“A prominent Nigerian is alleged to have lost about $402, 000 in a phony real estate transaction with the company.”