The Peoples Democratic Party
Presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has decried the detention of his
son in law and lawyer by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Atiku in a Tweet on his Twitter
handle on Monday said : ‘My son in law and lawyer have been detained, one for 3
weeks and the other recently. They are paying the price for supporting me. I
urge those now persecuting them to remember that a government’s mandate is to
pursue peace and justice for all, and not just those who support them.’
My son in law and lawyer have been detained, one for 3 weeks and the other recently. They are paying the price for supporting me. I urge those now persecuting them to remember that a government’s mandate is to pursue peace and justice for all, and not just those who support them.— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) March 4, 2019
Atiku’s son in law, Alhaji
Babalele Abdullahi was allegedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) according to the Media Adviser to the PDP candidate, Paul
Ibe.
Ibe in a statement on Saturday
said : ‘Babalele’s ordeal was part of moves to cajole Atiku into congratulating
President Muhammadu Buhari who was declared re-elected by the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC of the presidential election.
The statement by Ibe added that
operatives of the anti-graft agency were not given access into the house until
Babalele’s lawyers arrived. “The EFCC agents numbering about two dozen came in
2 regular vehicles, an 18-seater Toyota bus (registration Abuja CS 522 RSH) and
a hilux van.
“They came with a search warrant
to search the house and office of Babalele and found nothing incriminating
“They then proceeded to his office at Oakland Centre in Maitama and found
nothing incriminating there.
“However, they took away some
documents of landed property. Not done, the EFCC officials stormed his Wuse
residence where they again found nothing incriminating after the search
“Afterwards, Babalele was taken away to the EFCC office in Wuse to make a
statement alongside Mr. Lawan Ayuba,” the statement read.
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