Imo state governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has
jetted out of the country as the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) beams the
searchlight on the alleged diversion of over N2
billion from the bailout fund given to the state by
the federal government for the payment of civil
servants salaries .
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) beams the
searchlight on the alleged diversion of over N2
billion from the bailout fund given to the state by
the federal government for the payment of civil
servants salaries .
The EFCC had rounded up three senior aides of
the governor in connection of the diversion of the
bailout money.
Those arrested by the commission included the
principal secretary to the governor, Dr. Paschal
Obi, who was until his appointment a deputy
director in the Ministry of Health, in charge of
optical services, Director of Finance, Government
House, Casmir Uzoho, and Government House
Treasurer, Iheoma Kenneth.
Okorocha, who had expressed regrets for
accessing the bailout fund from the federal
government lamented that the money had put the
state in a mess.
accessing the bailout fund from the federal
government lamented that the money had put the
state in a mess.
According to him, the N26 billion the state took
from the Federal Government that was used to
pay agitating workers has put Imo in trouble as
more money is being deducted from the state’s
federal allocation than anticipated
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