A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has confirmed THISDAY’s exclusive report on Tuesday that his apartment was one of the many searched by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following the discovery of N13.3 billion in a neighbouring apartment (Flat 7B) at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, by the commission last week.

In a follow-up to the information provided by the whistle blower who blew the lid on the cash found in Apartment 7B and further information that there was more cash stashed away in another apartment in the same luxury complex, the EFCC had obtained a warrant from the court to search all the flats in the building.
Accordingly, it notified all the occupants of the building that its operatives would search all the flats to ascertain the veracity of the information provided by the whistle blower who works in the complex.
By Monday, the commission had searched 21 of the apartments including those belonging to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, who developed the sky-rise residential building.

A statement on Tuesday by Obi’s media aide, Mr. Val Obienyem, said the former governor has confirmed the search by the EFCC of Flat 1 occupied by him in the building.
Responding to enquiries from the press, Obienyem, who revealed that the ex-governor’s primary residence is in Onitsha, Anambra State, he added that the apartment rented by Obi’s wife, Margaret, is usually used by the former governor anytime he is in Lagos.
Obienyem, who cautioned mischief makers against linking Obi to the cash haul, made it clear that the entire occupants of the building were also searched.
“Even though Mr. and Mrs. Obi had travelled to the UK and U.S. for speaking engagements, when he was informed of the search, he quickly sent the keys to the 4-bedroom apartment to the EFCC via courier today (yesterday).
“He even left instructions that we should allow them to also search his Onitsha residence should there be need for that.
“After a thorough search, nothing was found in the apartment,” Obienyem said.
Obienyem revealed that during the search, one of the operatives of the EFCC was overheard expressing doubt if the apartment had anything to do with Obi, citing the fact that it was the simplest in terms of furnishing and reflective of his ascetic lifestyle.

A source also revealed to THISDAY that Obi learnt of the search warrant obtained from the EFCC from his neighbour, Chairman/CEO of Zinox Technologies Limited, Mr. Leo Stan Ekeh, who has two children living in the apartment building.
One of his sons, Nnamdi, 24, who is a resident of Osborne Towers, is a budding entrepreneur and founder of the online shopping portal Yudala.
Ekeh reportedly called Obi at the weekend to inform him that the EFCC had searched his children’s flats and advised him to send his key from London so that his flat could be searched likewise.
Obi, THISDAY gathered, promptly asked his wife to send the key via courier to a family friend to let the EFCC operatives into his flat.

The Obis, it was gathered, neither keep maids nor housekeepers at the apartment and always lock it up when they are out of town.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/04/19/ikoyi-billions-peter-obi-confirms-search-of-his-apartment-by-efcc/

Good, now tell Nigerians as well.... "who owns flat 7b"?

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They should search Tinubu apartment oooo..mbok.DAT man is dangerous in stealing

So?

then who owns 7b? cos am very sure you are not suspecting lalasticlala.

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I have not been able to eat since the day I heard about this news.
How wicked or leaders are.
People are suffering heavily in the country with little to eat, and the wicked period we voted in, had the guts to lock up billions of naira in abandoned flats for years.

I regret been a Nigerian

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Hmmm

St Peter Obi

The Peter Obi was a Governor in Anambra state. Which is Biafra land. out side that Peter Obi belongs to PDP.

When we tell them PDP ruined is they will he talking rubbish.

Buhari pls continue your fight against corruption.

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What I don't understand is the delay in mentioning the owner of the flat7B,its clear that EFCC is sheiding the owner

me : you say you found $49m in an apartment right

EFCC: yes


me: how did you find it?


EFCC : whistle blower


me: who owns the apartment

EFCC : (refer to pic)


me : how did you get key to apartment n the safes


EFCC : (refer to pic)



me: who owns the money

EFCC : (refer to pic)







we can go on n on with the simple questions


while Zombies r cruising on the EFCC merry-go-round fairytale

Don't tell us. All of una na the same. Kleptocrats - all of them.

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lemme go and fry beans and boil ice cream for this achievement

And I heard Peter Obi doesn't fancy "luxurious things". I guess I heard wrong.


Some former governors and suspicious wealth

So you think a business and an ambitious man like peter obi will keep huge sum of money for Efcc and whistle blowers


Smh....

Sorry EFCC

God please help me find someone I will blow the whistle on.. I need someone, God help me.

I hope you removed the loot before they arrived

Well articulated public speech. You even to go into unnecessary details.

Weldon

EFCC should gives the name of the owner and occupant of apartment 7A & 7B is that too much to ask for?

EFCC is just stalling until something news worthy happens and attention will be shifted from this and becomes a thing of past.

i love my job 5%

Buharimustgo:
What I don't understand is the delay in mentioning the owner of the flat7B,its clear that EFCC is sheiding the owner

it probably belongs to a member of "the infamous nameless cabal"

So that Osborne towers is where all these politicians stay?

shaddoww:
I have always had d feeling dat dis guy is a hypocrite, he always pretend to be a saint. Now da he has been busted, he is trying to push d ownership of the 20million per annum apartment to his wife

To read has never been the problem. The major problem is reading and understanding.

I have always had d feeling dat dis guy is a hypocrite, he always pretend to be a saint. Now da he has been busted, he is trying to push d ownership of the 20million per annum apartment to his wife