A building housing an apartment occupied by two sons of Atiku Abubakar was searched by anti-graft operatives in Abuja over the weekend, According to PREMIUM TIMES report.
The building also houses an apartment occupied by Chiemeka Orji, son of ex-Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji. That apartment was also reportedly searched by anti-graft operatives.
Although our sources said the home of Mr Abubakar’s children was the primary target, an anti-graft spokesperson suggested Chiemeka might have been the target.
The raid on Aliyu and Mustapha Atiku-Abubakar’s residence in the posh Maitama neighbourhood on Saturday comes a day after claims emerged that Mr Abubakar’s running mate, Peter Obi, had his bank accounts frozen by federal authorities. Two anti-graft agencies, EFCC and ICPC, denied freezing Mr Obi’s accounts.
Paul Ibe, a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar family, confirmed the search to us on Sunday, saying the officers who conducted the “grievous act of intimidation” were “unable to find anything implicating.”
While no specific law enforcement agencies were immediately linked to the purported block of Mr Obi’s accounts raised by the Peoples Democratic Party, sources informed about the raid on the home of the presidential candidate’s sons said those who executed the search were from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
