The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have responded to reports that its operatives raided the apartment of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s sons and arrested sons of Senator Theodore Orji.
The commission responded in a series of tweets on Monday saying that the arrest of the former Abia State governor’s son, Ogbonna Orji had nothing to do with Mr Abubakar’s sons.
#Alert The recent arrest of Ogbonna Orji, son of Sen. Theodore Orji, over money laundering, has absolutely nothing to do with son of ex-VP Atiku Abubakar.
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) December 10, 2018
Alleging that Mr Orji laundered money through his sons, the EFCC tweeted that they had been trailing cars allegedly bought by Orji’s sons to a night club in Abuja where they arrested the owners Ogbonna and his friend, Kelvin Ilonah.
The former Abia governor has been under investigations by the EFCC, for money laundering activities, which was discovered to have been carried out through his sons.
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) December 10, 2018
The EFCC had been on the trail of cars allegedly bought by the sons, and last Friday the cars were traced to a night club in Abuja, where operatives waited patiently through the night to arrest the owners – Ogbonna and his friend, Kelvin Ilonah.
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) December 10, 2018
The commission confirmed that they were arrested at 5am on Saturday, adding that the duo took the operatives to their three-flat apartment where documents showed that it was rented at a rate of N13million per annum.
They were arrested at about 5am on Saturday, and they led operatives to their three-flat apartment, where documents retrieved showed that it was rented at a rate of N13million per annum.
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) December 10, 2018
They have so far given useful information to the EFCC, which is aiding in investigations. It should be made clear that the EFCC never “went after” Atiku’s sons, neither was Atiku’s son arrested by the EFCC.
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) December 10, 2018
