The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two persons close to the candidate of the PDP in the last Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar.
Uyi Giwa Osagie, Atiku’s longtime legal Adviser and Abdullahi Babalele, son in-law to the former vice-president’s were reportedly taken into custody on Thursday evening, according to multiple sources familiar with the development.
Former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, also confirmed the development via his twitter handle.
BREAKING: @OfficialEFCC has arrested @Atiku's lawyer (Uyi Giwa-Osagie) and his son-in-law (Abdullahi).They plan to charge them to court after the holiday because General @MBuhari is very angry that Atiku is acting "presidentially" and wants to use his people to teach him a lesson
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) August 9, 2019
They were reportedly arrested after honouring an EFCC invitation in Lagos.
Details later…
