EFCC has reacted to media reports that claimed operatives of the
commission raided the Abuja residence of Atiku's sons. In its response,
EFCC said 'we have received several calls and email messages asking us
to confirm the arrest of the sons of the Presidential Candidate of the
People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as being alleged in
some quarters. Some only said we raided the apartments of Atiku’s sons
looking for foreign currencies. This is nothing but another tales by
moonlight'. See the rest of the statement below...It is in the news that
we have been investigating the former Abia governor, Senator Theodore
Orji over alleged N27 Billion Naira money laundering. In the course of
investigation, we discovered that he laundered part of the money through
his sons. We have been on the trail of some of the purchases made by
his son including the cars the boys allegedly bought.Last Friday, we
traced one of the cars to a Nite Club in Abuja. In order not to cause
panic, we waited until the business of the club was over and when the
owner of the suspected car came to enter to take off, we arrested him
and his friend who has a similar brand of car. That was about 5am on
Saturday, December 8, 2018.The two boys we arrested were Ogbonna Orji,
32, and Kelvin Ilonah. While Orji's Car, a Range Rover is valued at
about N100 million, Ilonah’s car also a Range Rover, is valued at about
N35 Million.In the course of further interrogation, the two boys led us
to their apartment, three flats, and documents retrieved from the
apartment showed it was rented for N13 million each per annum.Another
brand new Prado Jeep, a 2017 model was recovered from the boys in the
compound. The two boys in question gave useful information to the
Commission which is helping in our further investigation.The EFCC, as a
responsible organisation is abreast of the establishment mandate and we
shall not deviate from such mandate.We never went after Atiku's sons
neither were Atiku's sons among the two boys arrested. There is no link
whatsoever to Atiku.Only last week, the people’s Democratic Part, PDP
was alleged to have raised alarm that the Commission blocked and or
freeze the accounts of the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, Peter
Obi. Again, this was another lie which we immediately punctured as
there was no truth in it whatsoever, to the accusation. Till now, only
silence has prevailed from the camp of the accusers.EFCC speaks on raiding Atiku's son's home in Abuja
EFCC has reacted to media reports that claimed operatives of the
commission raided the Abuja residence of Atiku's sons. In its response,
EFCC said 'we have received several calls and email messages asking us
to confirm the arrest of the sons of the Presidential Candidate of the
People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as being alleged in
some quarters. Some only said we raided the apartments of Atiku’s sons
looking for foreign currencies. This is nothing but another tales by
moonlight'. See the rest of the statement below...It is in the news that
we have been investigating the former Abia governor, Senator Theodore
Orji over alleged N27 Billion Naira money laundering. In the course of
investigation, we discovered that he laundered part of the money through
his sons. We have been on the trail of some of the purchases made by
his son including the cars the boys allegedly bought.Last Friday, we
traced one of the cars to a Nite Club in Abuja. In order not to cause
panic, we waited until the business of the club was over and when the
owner of the suspected car came to enter to take off, we arrested him
and his friend who has a similar brand of car. That was about 5am on
Saturday, December 8, 2018.The two boys we arrested were Ogbonna Orji,
32, and Kelvin Ilonah. While Orji's Car, a Range Rover is valued at
about N100 million, Ilonah’s car also a Range Rover, is valued at about
N35 Million.In the course of further interrogation, the two boys led us
to their apartment, three flats, and documents retrieved from the
apartment showed it was rented for N13 million each per annum.Another
brand new Prado Jeep, a 2017 model was recovered from the boys in the
compound. The two boys in question gave useful information to the
Commission which is helping in our further investigation.The EFCC, as a
responsible organisation is abreast of the establishment mandate and we
shall not deviate from such mandate.We never went after Atiku's sons
neither were Atiku's sons among the two boys arrested. There is no link
whatsoever to Atiku.Only last week, the people’s Democratic Part, PDP
was alleged to have raised alarm that the Commission blocked and or
freeze the accounts of the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, Peter
Obi. Again, this was another lie which we immediately punctured as
there was no truth in it whatsoever, to the accusation. Till now, only
silence has prevailed from the camp of the accusers.
