We didn’t go after Atiku’s sons — EFCC

The Economic and Financial Commissions (EFCC) has said that its operatives didn’t go after the sons of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

The anti-graft body said this on Monday, in its response to allegations that detectives raided the residence of the sons of Nigeria’s former Vice President Abubakar.

The EFCC said that the recent arrest of Ogbonna Orji, son of former Governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, over money laundering, has “absolutely nothing” to do with Atiku’s sons.

The EFCC in a series of tweets released via its Twitter handle said the detectives only searched the house of the son of Senator Theodore Orji, Ogbonna.

This arrest of Ogbonna and his friend, Kelvin Ilonah, the EFCC said was in connection with the investigations into the eight-year tenure of Senator as his state governor, over alleged embezzlement of billions of naira.

In its investigation, the EFCC said findings showed that Orji used his son to launder money, the reason its detectives extended the probe to Ogbonna.

“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.

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“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 about 5:00 am on Saturday, and they led operatives to their three-bedroom flat apartment, where documents retrieved showed that it was rented at a rate of N13m per annum.

“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,” the EFCC said.