Former Abia State governor, Senator Theodore Orji was arrested, Thursday by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives in Abuja.
Orji,who represents Abia Central Senatorial District at the Senate, was picked up the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10am and brought to the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja where he was being interrogated as at press time.
He is being quizzed alongside his son, Chinedu, the current Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, who turned himself in this afternoon upon learning of his father’s arrest.
Senator Orji and his sons, Chinedu and Ogbonna, are under investigation by the EFCC for offences bordering on misappropriation of public funds and money laundering.
The ex- governor is alleged to have collected N500 million monthly as security vote for eight years as governor of Abia State between 2007 and 2015.
Other issues relate to the alleged mismanagement of N2billion Ecological Fund and conversion of Sure-P funds.
Attempts to reach Senator Orji’s spokesperson, Eddie Onuzuruike, at time press time were not successful.
