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The Police have returned all the documents removed from the residence of Senator Danjuma Goje’s Abuja residence during a search it conducted there last week.
The Police returned the documents on Thursday in compliance with the directive from the National Assembly to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, that the documents be returned, The Punch reports.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that operatives of the Nigeria Police had on Wednesday searched Goje’s house, with the Senator alleging that some documents relating to the 2017 budget were removed.
However, the police in a statement on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, denied taking away any document that has to do with the 2017 budget. It stated categorically that it recovered N18.056 million, $19,850 and SR9, 400 (Saudi Riyals), and a laptop during the search.
He stated that detectives also recovered files on funds spent on security administration and information gathering– a-g, 2009; file on release of funds for Special operations a- f, 2009; file on Gombe State government cash inflow 2005; file on Project 2007 – Executive Briefs on how to fight opposition in Gombe State – Strategies and Tactics.
Other exhibits included envelopes containing permit to operate as an Oil Industry Service Company (special categories) 2011 and letters from Alhaji Mohammed Danjuma Goje (Sarkin Yakin Gombe) to the Managing Director, LUBELL Nigeria Ltd. of proposed residential Devt at Kashere Phase II dated January 16, 2007 and November 19, 2010.
“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to state categorically that there was no single document relating to 2017 budget sighted or removed by the Police team that executed the search warrant. There is video recording of the execution of the search warrant,” the statement said.