Agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided the Head Office of the Dangote Group in Lagos on Thursday.
The anti-corruption officials, according to a report by The Cable, were carrying out a search on forex allocations to the company during the tenure of the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
The newspaper said EFCC had earlier written to the Dangote Group asking for documentation of forex transactions with the CBN in the last 10 years.
Dangote Group, it was revealed, is one of the companies that received largest chuck of forex from the CBN under Mr Emefiele.
There was no official statement from the Dangote Group and the EFCC.
