Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, is currently at the head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC), PREMIUM TIMES is reporting.
He reportedly arrived at the anti-graft agency’s office in Abuja around 9am.
“He is currently at the interrogation room,” the newspaper quoted a source as saying.
“We have some questions for him bordering on corruption but we do not know yet when he would be released, we will know this by 5pm.”
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The development comes less than 24 hours after the deputy senate president said his hands were clean.
Last week, EFCC operatives laid a siege to his residence, preventing him from going to the national assembly.
The anti-graft agency had asked to report to its office to offer explanations on why his name featured prominently in a money laundering case currently being investigated by the commission.
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But the lawmaker accused the federal government of witch-hunt, saying he was being targetted because of the position he is holding.
Ekweremadu is currently the highest elected official of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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