Rochas Okorocha
By Our Reporter
The former Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, was on Tuesday arrested in Abuja over his alleged misappropriation of the funds of the state to the tune of N7.9 billion.
Source at the EFCC told NATIONAL WAVES that who is currently cooling his heels in EFCC cell was being interrogated over his alleged involvement in laundering the sum of N7.9 billion
There has been a running battle between the former governor and the EFCC in recent months following his claims and counterclaims that he did no wrong and that he was being witch-hunted by the EFCC and his successor, Hope Uzodinma.
Recall that the commission started investigating Okorocha before he left office in 2019, the anti-graft agency claimed that it traced at least N7.9 billion in different bank accounts to the former governor, now a senator representing the state in the Senate.
The commission also claimed that it had identified many choice properties said to be owned by the former governor in different parts of the county and that they would be eventually forfeited to the government. The former governor, according to EFCC sources, was arrested at his private office in Garki District of Abuja on Tuesday and taken to the EFCC office also in Abuja.
It was learnt that the EFCC might charge Okorocha to court.
The Spokesman for the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the arrest of the former governor declined to give details of the matter.
“It is true that our operatives picked up the former governor from his private office in the Garki area of Abuja today but I don’t have the details,” said Uwajaren.
