Okorocha Released After Two Nights In EFCC Custody

A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has been
released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
after spending two nights in detention.

Okorocha’s aide, who disclosed this to our correspondent, said
the former governor was released around 5:45 pm and he’s currently
in his Maitama residence in Abuja.

When contacted, the spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson
Uwujaren said he would get back to our correspondent on the
development.

The EFCC operatives had, on Tuesday, arrested the lawmaker at
about 4:10 pm at his Unity House office located at Garki,
Abuja.

Okorocha, who governed Imo between 2011 and 2019, has been
accused of embezzlement and misappropriation, an allegation he has
refuted.

Details soon…

A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has been
released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
after spending two nights in detention.

Okorocha’s aide, who disclosed this to our correspondent, said
the former governor was released around 5:45 pm and he’s currently
in his Maitama residence in Abuja.

When contacted, the spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson
Uwujaren said he would get back to our correspondent on the
development.

The EFCC operatives had, on Tuesday, arrested the lawmaker at
about 4:10 pm at his Unity House office located at Garki,
Abuja.

Okorocha, who governed Imo between 2011 and 2019, has been
accused of embezzlement and misappropriation, an allegation he has
refuted.

Details soon…