Defeated PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has cried out about the arrest and detention of his son in law and lawyer by EFCC.
In a recent tweet today, Atiku tweeted, “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’s son in law, Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi was allegedly apprehended by EFCC according to Media Adviser to Atiku, Paul Ibe.
Yesterday, he 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.”
He continued by saying that EFCC officials were not granted permission to enter the house until Babalele’s lawyers shwed up. “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.”
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