SAN FRANCISCO, December 10, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided an apartment belonging to sons of the PDP presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar over the weekend, the politician’s spokesman said Monday.
The apartment building which has a unit occupied by two sons of Atiku Abubakar is also occupied by Chiemeka Orji, son of ex-Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji.
Paul Ibe, a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar family, confirmed the incident stating that the officers who carried out the raid were unable to find anything incriminating.
Aliyu and Mustapha are currently out of the country studying for their masters’ degrees. None were around during the raid.
There are indications that Atiku’s children were not the primary target Chiemeka might have been the target due to the fact that his father, Theodore Orji is currently in court with the EFCC on charges of Corruption.
Chiemeka was said to have been taken to the EFCC office in Abuja alongside his brother, and two vehicles confiscated from them.
“When the EFCC officers arrived on Saturday, they met Theodore Orji’s sons at home, because they both live in the same building,” a source said.
“They asked to see the apartment of Aliyu and Mustapha Atiku-Abubakar but Theodore Orji’s sons refused to show them, saying their friends are out of the country, anyway.
“The EFCC operatives then said they have intelligence that a large cache of dollars had been kept in the apartment which they had come to recover,” the source said.
“They forcibly searched the apartment, but there was no hard currency or anything that could be construed as fraudulently damning.”
A spokesperson for the EFCC said he has no immediate knowledge of the operation, but expressed strong doubts that Mr Abubakar’s son’s home could be raided.
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Tony Orilade said the EFCC has been investigating Mr Orji, and it was possible the former governor’s children were the target of further investigation into how state funds were used during his tenure from 2007 to 2015.
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