{"id":84961,"date":"2021-08-19T19:18:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84961"},"modified":"2021-08-19T19:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:18:32","slug":"efcc-arrests-ex-governor-theodore-orji-at-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/efcc-arrests-ex-governor-theodore-orji-at-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC arrests ex-Governor Theodore Orji at airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The ex-governor, who had for long been on the Commission\u2019s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja at about 10am, and driven to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He is currently 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 the arrest of his father. He was immediately detained.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Orji, a current senator, and his sons, Chinedu and Ogbonna, have for months been under EFCC investigation for alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Other allegations against him concerned alleged mismanagement of N2billion Ecological Fund and mismanagement of Sure-P funds.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the detention of the former governor and his Speaker son. Mr Uwujaren, however, declined further comments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The EFCC had in February 2020 interrogated Mr Orji and his son over allegations that they diverted N521 billion public funds.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The investigation followed a petition dated March 17, 2017, filed by a group, Fight Corruption: Save Nigeria Group.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The petitioners had accused Mr Orji of diverting \u201dN383 billion revenue from the Federation Account, N55 billion Excess Crude revenue, N2.3 billion Sure-P revenue, N1.8 billion ecological funds, N10.5 billion loan, N12 billion Paris Club refund, N2 billion agricultural loan, and N55 billion ASOPADEC money while in office.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the petition, the N500 million the former governor allegedly withdrew monthly was \u201cnot part of the security funds expended on the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Army, DSS, Navy anti-Kidnapping Squad, anti-robbery Squad, purchase of Security equipment and vehicles for the security agencies.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The petitioners also accused Mr Orji\u2019s son, Chinedu, of owning about 100 accounts in different banks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They alleged that the accounts which run both as corporate and Individual received \u201dso much deposit in cash without evidence of job or services rendered.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. 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