There appears to be no respite for the embattled former governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia North, Theodore Orji in his ongoing high powered investigation over N27b Fraud he allegedly perpetrated while in office as the governor of the state.
Reports reaching Igbere Tv newsroom indicates that Operatives of the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission have arrested two sons of the ex governor Governor.
The arrest was said to have been carried out in an apartment in Maitama area of Abuja, where the sons of Orji, have a flat to themselves.
According to information available to Igbere Tv, the name of one of the children of Orji arrested was Chiemeka.
The DSS operatives on arriving at the premises, Saturday, reportedly quizzed Chiemeka and his brother, demanding to know where huge cash were hidden in the house.
They were said to have told the Orjis that they had information that they are in the know about the movement of cash into the house and where it is stored.
The duo reportedly denied knowledge of the said funds.
They were then taken to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja, where they were grilled for several hours.
Though they were released, the Orjis had two of their vehicles towed away to the premises of the EFCC. They are yet to retrieve their vehicles as at press time.
Meanwhile, the EFCC operatives had earlier arrested another son of the ex governor, Ogbonna Orji, a night before the raid.
IGBERE TV Learnt that the 32-year-old Ogbonna was arrested at a nightclub in Abuja by agents of the anti-graft body.
His arrest, according to a source, was a follow up on an investigation of his father.
The source informed Igbere Tv that in the course of investigating the former governor, it was discovered that he laundered money through his sons.
According to the source, the sons used part of the laundered funds to purchase exotic houses and vehicles, including a Range Rover worth about N100million.
Contrary to insinuation that EFCC invaded the house of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the source informed Igbere Tv that the arrest of the senator’s son had nothing to do with the former Vice-President.
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