BREAKING News: We Didn't Go After Atiku's Sons - EFCC Clarifies

Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the EFCC has said it didn't go after sons of PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has opened up on a raid it conducted involving children of a top politician.

Recall that reports emerged that the agency had raided an apartment owned by Atiku Abubakar’s sons.

Clarifying on the raid, the EFCC said it has arrested son of Senator Theodore Orji over money laundering allegation.

Read the statement below:

"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 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.

The EFCC had been on the trail of cars allegedly bought by the sons, and last Friday the cars were traced to a night club 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.

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."