The Nigeria Police Force has released former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on bail after interrogating him over allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation. Okorocha, who represented Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate, was arrested on Monday night at the REIZ Continental Hotel in Abuja and released after …
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A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sincere Concern Organisation (SCO) INC., has given the Imo State government one month to implement the White Paper on the recovery of stolen property, especially the more than N130 billion illegally held by former Governor Rochas Okorocha. The NGO’s Director General, Mrs. Foluke Olabimbe-Lemechi, who addressed …
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After getting no votes at the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, former Governor and Senator Representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha has broken his silence. After being defeated and denied the ticket, there were speculations in some quarters that the former governor of …
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Nigeria’s foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has failed to free the embattled former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, despite meeting his bail conditions. The governor’s counsel, Steve Asimobi, made the disclosure in an interview with PUNCH on Tuesday. He said the action of EFCC amounts to …
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Sen. Rochas Okorocha, who is currently in the custody of the EFCC, was denied bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered Okorocha, through his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, to put the anti-graft agency on notice. Olanipekun had asked the court to grant …
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Rochas Okorocha’s camp believes his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is politically motivated. The Senator representing the lmo West District is facing charges of misappropriation of state funds. On Tuesday, EFCC officials and security agents broke into his home in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and kidnapped him. …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally arrested Rochas Okorocha, an All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant. EFCC picked up Okorocha from his residence in Maitama area of Abuja on Tuesday evening. The anti-graft agency had earlier invaded the residence of the former Imo State governor in an …
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Rochas Okorocha, a presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, has allegedly been held hostage. The remark was made by Okorocha in response to the presence of EFCC operatives in his Abuja residence. The Imo West senator’s residence in Abuja’s Maitama neighborhood was besieged by EFCC operatives on Tuesday. In reaction to their …
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A Former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has not endorsed any 2023 presidential aspirant. Okorocha who appeared on “Politics Today” on Tuesday evening disclosed that Buhari has not revealed his preferred candidate or given his support to any aspirant yet. He said; “If …
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