As part of the probe of laundered 150 million euros cash-for-poll by associates of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have visited the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
TheNationlearnt that the investigators went to the Library on August 8 to authenticate the claims by one of those under probe that he gave $140,000 (about N50 million) to a library official.
Sources said the EFCC officials, accompanied by policemen, combed some offices at the expansive ex-President’s Library.
It could not be confirmed whether any document was taken away by the operatives, but nobody was arrested.
A source said: “Our operatives went to the library with some riot policemen in anticipation of a possible resistance. But there was none.
“We did our job lawfully without any inhibition. We are still investigating the case. We are screening some documents in our possession on the matter.”
The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library was opened on March 4, 2017. It is a historic, tourist and academic centre established as a national archive for the preservation of documents and materials used by the President during his tenure between 1999 and 2007.
Atiku’s son-in-law Abdullahi Babalele is being investigated alongside others for allegedly laundering 150 million euros.
The money is believed to have been spent to influence the 2019 election in which Atiku was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.