Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, searched the Abuja residences and office of Shehu Sani, a former senator.
Sulieman Sule, an aide to Sani, disclosed this via a text message sent to an online news platform on Wednesday.
Sule said: “We are with them, EFCC, in his two houses and office in Abuja.”
He also confirmed that the former lawmaker is still being detained by the EFCC.
Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the last Senate, was arrested by officials of the commission in December for allegedly “collecting money in the name of the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu”.
The commission on January 2 obtained a court order to detain the former senator for the alleged crimes.
Efforts to reach the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, on Wednesday’s search was unsuccessful. He did not respond to calls and text messages sent to his telephone number.
