Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Senator Rochas Okorocha.
He was picked up at his Abuja residence on Tuesday.
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The operatives of the anti-graft agency broke into the residence of the Senator after gunshots were heard in the vicinity, according to Channels Television.
During the cause of the arrest, journalists at the premises of the senator were reportedly brutalised and were forced to leave.
A cameraman, Kabiru Owoyemi, with Channels Television was among those brutalised. He was hit with a gun on the neck, according to the medium.
The operatives also used teargas to disperse journalists from the scene.
Neptune Prime reported earlier that the operatives had besieged the residence of the former governor of Imo State who is also vying for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket to arrest him.
