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Views: Visits 18 Senator Rochas Okorocha remained with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday, 24 hours after he was arrested. The ex-Imo State governor, the first high profile person to be arrested since the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as EFCC chair, is facing questioning for various petitions, including a N7.9 billion alleged fraud. As at 5pm yesterday, he was battling to secure administrative bail. A source in EFCC said: “The former governor has been undergoing interrogation in the last 24 hours. He has not  been admitted to bail. There are a lot of ...

Why ex-Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, is still in detention Mr Okorocha, a former governor and serving senator, was arrested by EFCC over multiple corruption allegations on Tuesday. About 24 hours after his arrest, a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, is still being detained in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), PREMIUM TIMES can report. This newspaper reported that Mr Okorocha was arrested by the operatives of the anti-corruption agency at about 4 p.m. Tuesday at his Unity House private office in Abuja. Sources familiar with the matter told this mediu...

Collective responsibility needed in fight against poverty — Okorocha On Senator Rochas Okorocha Sen. Rochas Okorocha(APC-Imo West) has called on Nigerians to collectively fight poverty to achieve the desired national development. He made the call on Saturday during the grand finale of the 2021 Ibadan Week Celebration held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State, was honoured with ‘Outstanding Friend of Ibadan’ at the occasion. NAN reports that Okorocha’s award was in recognition of his contributi...

Vanguard News Massive turnout as Okorocha honoured in Ibadan On *Obasanjo, Ibadan indigenes hail ex-Imo gov The Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes,  has tasked well meaning Nigerians to emulate a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha by assisting the government to reduce the number of out-of-school children through his free education programme. The Council maintained that Okorocha’s huge investment in education which provided free and qualitative education for indigent children, is helping to solve Nigeria’s problems. It will be recalled that Okorocha, who is also the Senator ...

Ex-Gov Rochas Okorocha and Gov Hope Uzodinma The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said Monday’s attacks on Owerri Correctional Centre and the state Police Command headquarters were indications that Governor Hope Uzodinma had failed. At a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, the PDP chairman in the state, Charles Ugwu, urged the governor to stop the blame game and take responsibility. The PDP chairman stated that the spate of insecurity in the state since December was a proof that the governor had nothing to offer to the people of the state. Ugw...