Okorocha fingers Ihedioha in stand-off with EFCC

Senator Rochas Okorocha, representing Imo West has accused the Governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha of being behind his travails with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since he left office as governor of the state.

Recall that the EFCC had on Wednesday sealed some properties belonging to the Senator and his family over their failure to appear for questioning by the anti-graft agency.

But in a statement by his Media Aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, the former governor denied claims of EFCC’s invitation to Managements of the Colleges and other establishments sealed.

He accused the current state governor, Emeka Ihedioha of launching a war against him.

The statement reads: “What is obvious is that the PDP government in the State with Chief Emeka Ihedioha as governor and all the PDP Chieftains who felt politically displaced from 2011 to 2019 by Rochas Okorocha had come together to launch war against Rochas and his family. And APC members. And that was why they needed INEC to declare their Candidate winner even when he didn’t meet the requirement. Unfortunately, they have instigated certain agencies like EFCC into taking some hasty actions following flood of petitions by them.

“What is happening in Imo at the moment is not governance. It is a total war against Rochas and his family, APC members, members of other parties and Opponents. They said they want to make the State uncomfortable for Opponents and they are doing it with recklessness.

“It should also not be forgotten that there is a subsisting Court Order to this effect. And we believe that the Commission’s office in Enugu is aware of the Court Order in question as it concerns the Commission and Okorocha’s investments. The EFCC is a highly responsible Institution and our appeal is that it should not be incited against Okorocha and family and should equally take cognizance of the Court Order in question.

“Senator Rochas Okorocha and family believe strongly in the State and have relocated most of their businesses to Owerri unlike these PDP bigwigs who do not love the State, with all of them having nothing to show that they have a stake in the State.

“We want to appeal to the EFCC to unseal the Colleges and other ventures they had sealed pending the outcome of the investigation they said they have begun. And also considering the stand of the Court of Competent Jurisdiction on the issue.

“The students of the Colleges, most of them without parents, cannot be allowed to suffer because of the action of a wicked government in the State. It is not all about Rochas Okorocha and the family, but about humanity and posterity.”