I Have No Problem With EFCC Arresting Me - Senator Rochas Okorocha Says

 

The embattled former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has said that there is nothing wrong for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arresting him to answer some questions arising from numerous petitions against him. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday night by Okorocha’s Special Adviser (Media), Sam Onwuemeodo. The senator, representing Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate, also accused the Imo State government of fuelling his ordeal via petitions written against him to the anti-graft agency, noting that as a result, legal actions instituted against the commission were pending at various courts.

The statement, which was released following the phone calls put to the Senate Committee Chairman on Culture and Tourism’s Media Aide, said: “We have been inundated with calls by media houses and concerned Nigerians and beyond, trying to confirm the reported invitation of Rochas Okorocha by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission later today, being April 13, 2021.

“The reality is that Okorocha left as the governor of Imo State on May 28, 2019. And shortly after his exit as governor, Imo State authorities wrote petitions upon petitions in opposition to him.

“The EFCC investigated the petitions and were in diverse courts of the land with Okorocha to that effect.

“At the stop of the day, we might recognize whether the fee might be chickening out the instances in courts or hold with them.”
MEANWHILE, a collection, Igbo Youths For Equity, has accused the EFCC of allowing itself for use as a device for political witch-hunt, following the arrest of Okorocha.

In a announcement signed by using its spokesman, Captain Izundu Marcel, the organization expressed worries over “tries by some notably placed politicians from outdoor Igboland to frustrate the Igbo presidency time table.”

It said that Igbo youths could no longer take a seat idly at the same time as a few pastimes preserve to allegedly single out their key leaders for humiliation.

“We are worried that during the last two years, there appears to had been planned try by using a collection of political hawks from outdoor Igboland to humiliate and demoralise key leaders from Igboland whom they remember as threats to their ambition.