The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has searched two houses and an office of the embattled Senator Shehu Sani in Abuja
The action, it was gathered, was part of the ongoing probe of Senator Sani, representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District between 2015 and 2019 in the Senate for alleged extortion of $24,000 from the Chairman of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda.
A senior official said the commission obtained a search warrant from a Chief Magistrate’s Court before carrying out the searches.
“We followed due process by obtaining a search warrant from a Chief Magistrate’s Court and we ensured that the suspect was present during the exercise.
“So far, nothing was found against him during the operation and the former senator has been returned to our custody,” the source explained.
It was further gathered that the EFCC took evidence from the wife of the businessman, who confirmed that Sani met with her husband in their home.
Dauda, also in his petition to the EFCC, had claimed that the former senator demanded N4m from him to give to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, and other four judges to influence some pending cases in court.
But the CJN on Sunday had denied links with Shehu Sani.
Sani, a fiery critic of the government, has consistently maintained his innocence.