Adelani AdepegbaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Giwa-Osagie was picked up by the EFCC operatives on Monday night for allegedly laundering $2m. He was reportedly implicated by a bureau de change operator who identified him as the owner of the money. Giwa-Osagie, it was gathered, had been undergoing interrogation in the custody of the anti-graft commission. Our correspondent learnt the commission’s operatives suspected the $2m might had been budgeted for vote-buying or to compromise electoral officials.

Source: Punch February 20, 2019 00:56 UTC