Former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati has been arrested.

According to Premium Times, he was arrested on Monday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly receiving some money from the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.

He is expected to spend the night with the anti-graft agency.

Also under arrest is the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed.

EFCC operatives searched the home of the former minister, who has been implicated in a series of billion-naira frauds relating to one of his sons, as well as former First Lady Patience Jonathan.