Imo state governor, Chief Rochas
Okorocha, has jetted out of the country as the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) beams the searchlight on the alleged diversion
of over N2 billion from the bailout fund given to the state by the
federal government for the payment of civil servants salaries.
The EFCC had rounded up three senior aides of the governor in connection of the diversion of the bailout money.
Those arrested by the commission
included the principal secretary to the governor, Dr. Paschal Obi, who
was until his appointment a deputy director in the Ministry of Health,
in charge of optical services, Director of Finance, Government House,
Casmir Uzoho, and Government House Treasurer, Iheoma Kenneth.
Okorocha, who had expressed regrets for
accessing the bailout fund from the federal government lamented that the
money had put the state in a mess.
According to him, the N26 billion the
state took from the Federal Government that was used to pay agitating
workers has put Imo in trouble as more money is being deducted from the
state’s federal allocation than anticipated.
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