Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has described
one of the nation’s anti-graft agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission EFCC, as too quick to effect arrests on suspects without thorough
investigation.
Okorocha expressed his observation yesterday in Abuja, while
officially declaring his intentions to contest for the presidency in 2023.
While fielding questions from reporters who asked how he
hoped to clinch the All Progressive Congress Presidential ticket, when he was
not on good terms with the incumbent Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, he
said, “as we are here talking now, if somebody goes to tell EFCC that they saw
somebody coming to where Okorocha is declaring for President with some ghana
must go bags, EFCC will come and pick you up and detain you without trying to
find out if its true or not, then at the end of the day that person’s character
would have been damaged”.
However, in a turn of events a few hours after Okorocha made
the statements at the International Conference Centre, the EFCC reportedly
filed 17-count fraud charges against him at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
In the charges, Okorocha is alleged to have embezzled N2.4
billion in public funds through connivance with some individuals and companies.
Meanwhile, Okorocha has urged his party APC to uphold
justice and fairness in determining where to zone the presidency.
According to him, the country as currently structured was
built on a tripod of three major ethnic nationalities; Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba.
“It would be an injustice for the Yorubas and Hausa’s to
come out to seek to contest for President, “he stated at the official
declaration.
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