THUR 19 AUG, 2021-theGBJournal- The spokesperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, has confirmed that the former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji was arrested on Thursday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The sitting lawmaker representing Abia Central Senatorial District at the Senate, was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10am on Thursday and brought to the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja for interrogation.
The Senator and his sons, Chinedu and Ogbonna, have been under investigation by the Commission for offences bordering on misappropriation of public funds and money laundering including alleged mismanagement of N2billion Ecological Fund and conversion of Sure-P funds.
It is also alleged that he had collected N500million monthly as security vote for eight years as governor of Abia State between 2007 and 2015.
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