The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has described report that its operatives raided the residence of the sons of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar as fake news.
The EFCC reacted to the alarm raised by Atiku’s spokesman, Paul Ibe , who said that during the search of the residence of Aliyu and Mustapha Atiku-Abubakar, EFCC operatives ended up arresting two other residents of the estate in Maitama in Abuja.
The anti-graft agency admitted that it arrested one Ogbonna Orji who is the son of former Abia State governor, Theodore Orji and not Atiku’s children.
In a series of tweets, the anti-graft agency said that the arrest of Ogbonna Orjid has nothing to do with Atiku’s sons.
The tweets read: “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.
“The EFCC had been on the trail of cars allegedly bought by the sons, and last Friday the cars were traced to a nightclub in Abuja, where operatives waited patiently through the night to arrest the owners – Ogbonna and his friend, Kelvin Ilonah.
“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.”
Ibe had said that the EFCC confiscated two cars belonging to Atiku’s son after they were arrested but that they were later released.