The immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha on Friday said that the officials of the state government were looting goods at All-in Supermarket owned by her wife which had been sealed by the operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission.
Okorocha in a statement issued by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, said that his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, was on a vendetta mission against him.
Okorocha who currently represents Imo East in the senate wondered why the committee on recovery of stolen government set up by governor should invade a property sealed by the EFCC.
But the chairman of the committee on recovery of stolen state government assets, Jasper Ndubaku, said that they went to the property to recover stolen state government assets with a court order.
The statement partly read, “This is to inform all men and women of goodwill, that barely two days after the agents of the Economic & Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, had marked the ALL – IN SHOP owned by the wife of the former governor, Dr. Mrs. Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha, located at Naze near Owerri, for investigation also following Flood of Petitions written to the Commission by the PDP government in the State, the leader and members of the government’s Committee on the “Recovery of Government Property” invaded the shop today being Friday, July 26, 2019, and looted the goods there, including the ones inside the Containers parked inside the premises of the Shop.”
“We had told all those who cared to hear us that the PDP government in the State is out for witch-hunting just to intimidate Opponents, otherwise why invading and looting a Shop with furniture and baby goods, already marked for investigation by the EFCC.”
“And the Containers they looted have been in the premises of the Shop before the EFCC agents came and marked the Shop for investigation last Tuesday. And they are still there before the Jasper Ndubuaku-led gang invaded the place. The question now is, what if at the end of the day, the EFCC’s investigation establishes that this shop has no relationship with the last administration.”
“Obviously, Jasper Ndubuka and his gang are not recovering any property but are on a looting spree. They were the ones who petitioned the EFCC. And EFCC came and marked the investments they had mentioned in their petitions for investigation. Then, why going to loot the same establishments marked by EFCC for investigation? If Governor Ihedioha had asked questions and if he meant well, he would not have entrusted such sensitive task into the hands of a man like Jasper Ndubuaku.”
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