Tag: Rochas Okorocha

Alleged N2.9bn fraud:
Court remands Okorocha in EFCC custody

Aminu Imam

The Federal High Court, in Abuja, has ordered the detention of former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The presiding huge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, ordered his remand on Monday, pending the determination of his bail application. A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), and an ally to the ex-governor, Anyim Chinenye, is expected to join Okorocha in the EFCC custody. Okorocha, Chinenye and five companies were arraigned on 17 counts of money laundering filed by the EFCC. Ekwo…

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“Allow me go for APC screening”, besieged Okorocha pleads with adamant EFCC operatives

Aminu Imam

Embattled former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has pleaded with operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), who invaded and barricaded his Maitama, Abuja residence yesterday, to allow him to go for the screening of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Okorocha, who is still holed up in his house is one of the 24 aspirants being screened. There had earlier been reports, which went viral o social media, alleging that he is under siege after EFCC operatives yesterday barricaded his house. The embattled former…

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Just In! EFCC operatives lay siege to Okorocha’s Abuja residence

Aminu Imam

The Abuja residence of the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has been surrounded by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Armed personnel of the Nigeria Police Force are also present at the residence. According to reports, a source at the anti-graft agency said on Tuesday that Okorocha has been snubbing several invitations extended to him over alleged corruption against him. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached to respond to the incident at the time of filing this report. Recall that a Federal…

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Okorocha reports EFCC to Buhari over ‘harassment’

Aminu Imam

Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, to seek his intervention on his alleged “unjust harassment” from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Okorocha, who is the Senator representing Imo-West senatorial district, has also accused the people, who he described as cowards, of being behind his ordeal. This is as the proponent of ‘Iberiberism’ has said that the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), is a terrorist organisation, accusing some powerful forces in Imo State to have engineered…

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Okorocha declares for presidency, as EFCC charges him with alleged N2.9bn fraud

Aminu Imam

Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has officially declared his interest in the presidency in the 2023 general election, with a pledge to surpass the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in terms of uniting the entire country across religious and ethnic divides. This is just as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), yesterday charged the former governor with theft of N2.9 billion from public coffers. The anti-corruption agency filed the charges, totalling 17, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. He is accused of conspiring with others, including…

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‘Igbos to suffer more if Nigeria breaks’ – Okorocha

Aminu Imam

Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has stated that the Igbo ethnic group have a lot to lose should the country break up. Okorocha, who made these comments in Abuja in Abuja at the weekend, warned that Igbos will be the worst-hit region should the country split up. He pointed out that Igbos should push towards fixing the country and not its disintegration. The Senator disclosed that Igbos are nationalistic in nature and should disregard any push for the nation’s disintegration. He said: “It is only an Igbo man…

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Imo: “I was invited by EFCC, not arrested”, says Okorocha

Aminu Imam

Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday said that he was not arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), contrary to the speculations making the rounds. Okorocha, in a statement by his spokesperson, Sam Onwuemeodo, disclosed that he only honoured an invitation by the anti-graft agency. Recall that an on-line platform yesterday reported that the anti-graft agency had repeatedly invited the former governor to its Abuja headquarters in connection with multiple corruption allegations against him. Stating that the EFCC facility is not “a slaughterhouse”, the statement disclosed that…

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