The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji.
He was arrested at the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja this morning (Thursday) and driven to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja.
He is currently being quizzed alongside his son, Chinedu, who is the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly. The son had turned himself in this afternoon upon learning of the arrest of his father and was detained.
Orji, who is currently a senator, and his sons, Chinedu and Ogbonna, have for months been under EFCC investigation for alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering.
The ex-governor is alleged to have received N500 million monthly as security vote for eight years as governor of Abia between 2007 and 2015.
Other allegations against him concerned alleged mismanagement of N2billion Ecological Fund and mismanagement of Sure-P funds.
EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the detention of the former governor and his son. He, however, declined to make further comments.
The EFCC had in February 2020 interrogated Orji and his son over allegations that they diverted N521 billion public funds.
The petitioners had accused Orji of diverting huge sums of money belong to Abia State.
