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.
