The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Abia Governor, Senator Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedu Orji over alleged N48 billion security votes.
According to report, the former governor and his son were arrested over alleged misappropriation of N2billion Ecological Fund and conversion of Sure-P funds while he was in Office.
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.
EFCC sources say the former governor who has been on the Commission’s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja at about 10am on Thursday, August 19 and brought to the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja for the continuation of his interrogation. His son reported himself at the commission’s office.