Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo
State has reacted to his reported arrest, alongside his wife on Thursday.
Report went viral on Thursday
that the Governor and his wife were arrested by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The EFCC has, however, denied
arresting the Governor.
In a statement signed by his
Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha denied the arrest,
describing it as propaganda by the present government.
The statement read, “We have read
on-line including some print media on-line platforms that the Economic and
Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested the former Governor of Imo
State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, the wife, Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha, and one of the
brothers, Okey Okorocha, today, being Thursday, May 30, 2019.
“We won’t delay to State that the
story of their arrest is not true. It is totally false. It has no iota or atom
of truth. Simply put, former Governor Rochas Okorocha, the wife Nneoma and
brother Okey, have not been arrested by the Crime Commission. This is the truth
of the matter.
“The fact is that the new PDP
government in the State has decided not to toe the path of honour but has
decided to continue the old way of the party, by trading on lies or falsehood.
They call it propaganda.
“The new government is behind the
false story. They even called some media editors to make the story headline.
“We only want to ask them to
leave responsible institutions or establishments like EFCC out of their dirty
tracks especially in dishing out their lies.
“The PDP in the State had written
and sponsored a lot of petitions to agencies and Commissions against the former
governor. They had told their supporters that the former governor would be
whisked away by the EFCC hours after the inauguration on May 29, 2019 and that
is the reason behind this falsehood.
“We Contend that EFCC is a
National Institution and established by the law of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. If they invite the former governor or the wife or any member of his
family for interrogation in the course of their investigation, arising from the
PDP’s Petitions they would honour such invitations. And if the Commission
decides to also come for any reason, they are also on the right path since it
is on a national assignment.
“So, the PDP or any other group
or persons should not give the EFCC the image of an enemy to the people. They
should not be dragging EFCC into their dirty politics. The Commission is not at
war with anybody and they PDP should not create that impression about the
Commission.
“We want to also use this
opportunity to inform the general public that 24hrs after inauguration, the new
PDP government in the State carried out its first assignment on Thursday, May
30, 2019 (today) by demolishing “Akachi” (the symbolic hand of God) erected by
the former governor. This is suspicious. They have also changed the Imo Trade
and Investment Centre to “Ahiajoku”. The former governor had taken certain
steps to bring Imo people more closer to God. We have also heard that they want
to close the Government House Chapel. In all these we only want to say “Time
will Tell”.”
“Again, let me inform also that
the former governor has asked me to continue as his media aide. I am now the
Special Adviser on media to the former. All to the glory of God.”
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