A former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, was, on Thursday, arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Spokesperson of EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, stated that the former governor, who had been on the commission’s watch list, was intercepted at Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday.
He said that Orji was later taken to the commission’s headquarters for continuation of his interrogation.
“He is being quizzed alongside his son, Chinedu, the current Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, who turned himself in this afternoon upon learning of the arrest of his father.
“Orji and his sons, Chinedu and Ogbonna, are under investigation by EFCC for offences bordering on misappropriation of public funds and money laundering.
“The ex-governor is alleged to have collected N500 million monthly as a security vote for eight years as governor of Abia State between 2007 and 2015.
“Other issues relate to the alleged mismanagement of the N2 billion ecological fund and conversion of Sure-P funds,” he said.
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