#NigeriaDecides2019: Atiku’s lawyer arrested for alleged $2m money laundering

A lawyer linked to Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has been arrested by the EFCC in connection with a $2m money laundering case.

The barrister, Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, is alleged to have been arrested by the commision Monday night after he was implicated of being the owner of the sum caught in possession of a Bureau De Change operator, Alhaji Abdullahi Usman.

Usman was allegedly trying to ferry the money to Abuja by air when he was apprehended.

He reportedly confessed that Giwa-Osagie put the money in his care.

There are unconfirmed reports that the sum was being laundered to serve the purpose of vote buying by President Buhari’s main opposition in Saturday’s poll.

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Some have also blamed the EFCC for engaging in a witch-hunt of key members of the opposition in order to give Buhari an unfair advantage during the election.

The EFCC is currently investigating the case and has reportedly detained Giwa-Osagie.