Okorocha meets Buhari, alleges ‘harassment’ by EFCC politically motivated
A Former Governor of Imo State and Presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha, has declared that the recent episode between him and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was politically motivated by “cowards who wouldn’t want to expose themselves.”
He accused the Imo State government of mishandling the security crisis in the state, stating that the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra was unnecessary.
Okorocha disclosed this on Thursday to State House correspondents shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari
On February 1, 2022, the EFCC filed N2.9 billion fraud charges against the lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District.
The development came just hours after he officially declared his presidential bid for 2023.
Speaking on Thursday, Okorocha said the fresh charges were politically motivated, which is why he was at the State House to seek the President’s intervention to avoid continued “harassment” by the anti-graft agency.
