₦2.9bn Fraud Case: EFCC Yet To Serve Okorocha – Aide Claims

The spokesman to the lawmaker representing Imo West senatorial district, Rochas Okorocha, Sam Onwuemeodo, on Tuesday disclosed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is yet to serve his principal.

This is coming after the commission filed a ₦2.9bn fraud case against the former Governor of Imo State.

Onwuemeodo in a statement released on Tuesday alleged that the media aide of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, is behind the news.

The news was released shortly after Okorocha declared his intention to run in the 2023 presidential election.

According to the media aide of Okorocha, the news was meant to kill the joy of a “very successful presidential declaration” by Okorocha.

Onwuemeodo further stated that no amount of political witch hunt by Uzodinma would stop his principal from becoming the next president if God had sanctioned it.

The statement read, “It may be interesting for patriotic Nigerians, both at home and in the Diaspora, to hear that the story of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, taking Senator Rochas Okorocha to court over ₦2.9 bn fraud allegation came from the media handlers of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, as breaking news. We read the story from them.

“And they had waited until the end or an hour, after the world press conference Okorocha had over his interest to run for the office of President in 2023.

“They had wanted to inject virus into that wonderful and exciting outing and the reason, they had waited for the event to come to an end before the nauseating braking news from Gov Uzodinma’s media campaigners.

“As we write, Okorocha is yet to be served of the EFCC case. But those who knew about it were in a hurry to give it out as breaking news.”