Court declines to stop Ihedioha’s probe
Former Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha on Monday lost his bid to restrain the House of Assembly from probing the alleged mismanagement of N19.63billion council funds by his administration.order restraining the House from inviting or probing him.application, the case would be set down for hearing.
Imo Attorney-General C. O. C. Akaolisa represented the House of Assembly; S. A. Anyalewechi represented Ihedioha.Ihedioha sues Imo Assembly over probe of ‘missing N19.63b council funds’The state Auditor-General for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs had issued an interim audit report detailing how N19.63billion fraudulently disappeared from the local government accounts between May and December 31, 2019.
The money was allegedly taken from the State-Local Government Joint Accounts Allocation Committee through the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs .
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