Information from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, is being interrogated for laundering €150m. He was arrested by EFCC operatives at his Abuja home on Saturday.
Babalele, who is the finance director of a group of companies belonging to Atiku, has been under surveillance by the anti-graft agency ahead of his arrest.
It was gathered that Babalele was planning to use the money for the just concluded presidential election, where his father-in-law, Atiku Abubakar, was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Confirming the development, 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.”
Meanwhile, the EFCC had also secured a court order to keep Atiku’s lawyer Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie in custody for a longer period.
It was gathered that Giwa-Osagie, who was arrested on February 19 for allegedly laundering $4m, had been undergoing intense interrogation in custody.
Giwa-Osagie is being questioned alongside a bureau de change operator who was said to have received the money which was allegedly earmarked for the presidential and National Assembly polls by Atiku.