The governor, who spoke at a media chat with select reporters in the Government House, Owerri, said the Presidency, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has shielded Ohakim from being prosecuted for his alleged financial offences.
He said: “I have submitted my reports to the EFCC, the ICPC and other anti-graft agencies, but it appears that people, who have relationship with the Presidency, cannot be probed. I don’t know why my predecessor has not been probed. But the EFCC invites us everyday. The whole thing has been politicised.”
The government last year set up a panel of enquiry, known as the Imo State Account Reconciliation Committee, led by former Deputy Governor Jude Agbaso, to probe the Ohakim administration.
The committee’s findings showed that N62 billion was allegedly spent on ‘dubious’ transactions and non-existent projects.
The panel said the former governor received N420, 215,108,265 in addition to the N18.5 billion bond proceeds, of which N5.1 billion was utilised.
It said one year after nothing appeared to be done in bringing the former governor and other key officials, who were indicted by the committee, to book.
Okorocha, however, assured that with the state’s anti-graft agency, the Imo State Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (IEFCC), which would soon be passed into law, corrupt officials would no longer evade prosecution.
Source: The Nation
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