The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is questioning son-in-law and finance director of Atiku Abubakar’s group of companies, Abdullahi Babalele, for alleged laundering of €150m.
It was gathered that Babalele, who was arrested on Saturday, had been kept under surveillance by the anti-graft body for some time.
Sources claimed Babalele was planning to use the money for his father-in-law’s presidential election.
Atiku was the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for the February 23 presidential poll.
It was learnt that Babalele, who is the finance director of a group of companies belonging to Atiku, might soon be released on bail.
Acting spokesman for the EFCC, Tony Orilade, said Babalele had been in the custody of the commission.
He said, “Yes, Babalele is with us, but I don’t have details of his case now, but at the appropriate time, we shall speak.”
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It was also learnt that the EFCC had secured a court order to keep Atiku’s lawyer Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie in custody for a longer period.
It was learnt that Giwa-Osagie, who was arrested on February 19 for allegedly laundering $4m, had been undergoing interrogation in custody.
The lawyer is under investigation alongside a bureau de change operator said to have received the money which was allegedly earmarked for the presidential and National Assembly polls by Atiku.
Punch
