Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Justice Mohammed Adoke, has lamented incessant search on his house by operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, alerting that his “house has been search four times”. In a statement made available to Blueprint in Abuja, he decried that he had his country home in Okene, Kogi state, built some 12 years ago, was on “Friday, July 14 2017, thoroughly searched by men of the Nigerian Police Force.
He said in the statement that 12 Policemen “armed with a search warrant from the High Court of the FCT sitting at Gudu District, Abuja, searched the whole building, including the overhead and underground water tanks septic tanks, the penthouse and boys quarters, apparently looking for foreign currency (Dollars and Pound Sterling) and other unspecifi ed documents.
“However, unlike previous searches, which were conducted in the crudest manner with the aim of, needlessly, destroying property, these Policemen conducted themselves, professionally and were civil in their approach, thereby giving credence to the new image of the force as a reformed institution. “At the end of the almost two hours search, no incriminating thing was found in the house and a report to that eff ect was duly prepared and witnessed by those who were present, including my younger brother, Abdullahi Adoke”, he said.
Adoke said the last search would bring to four, the number of times law enforcement agencies had search his house, recalling that “my student home in Th e Hague, Netherlands was searched at the instance of the EFCC. “Th is was followed by the search of my country home in Kano and the search of my junior brother’s house also in Okene and today’s search of my own home in Okene”. “I am therefore convinced that the searches are in furtherance of an orchestrated plan to harass, intimidate and generally prevent me from pursuing my suit against the federal government. “I served Nigeria diligently as Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice for fi ve years and two months and I am proud of the modest achievements I recorded in the Justice and other sectors that my inputs impacted”, he added.
